Imaging · collection · 2026
OCO-2 Level 2 bias-corrected XCO2 and other select fields from the full-physics retrieval aggregated as daily files, Retrospective processing V11.3r (OCO2_L2_Lite_FP)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/c4oenlfcyvsa
Version 11.3r is the current version of the data set.
Description
The OCO-2 Lite files contain bias-corrected XCO2 along with other select fields aggregated as daily files. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory is the first NASA mission designed to collect space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution, and coverage needed to characterize the processes controlling its buildup in the atmosphere.
The OCO-2 project uses the LEOStar-2 spacecraft that carries a single instrument. It incorporates three high-resolution spectrometers that make coincident measurements of reflected sunlight in the near-infrared CO2 near 1.61 and 2.06 micrometers and in molecular oxygen (O2) A-Band at 0.76 micrometers.
Links
Get the data
- Resource disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/OCO2_L2_Lite_FP_11.3r.html ↗
Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website.
landing page · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C4203038017-GES_DISC ↗
metadata API · download · from NASA CMR
- Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO_L2_ATBD.pdf ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- OCO-2 v11.3 User Guide docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO2_V11.2_OCO3_V11_L2_Data_Users_Guide_v04… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Publications from the Science Team ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov/science/publications ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Data Release Statement docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO2_L2_Data_Release_Statement_v11.3_RevA_V… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- OCO-2 Data Gaps docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO_Known_Data_Issues.pdf ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- OCO Documentation docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO-2-3_Documents.pdf ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource oco2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/OCO2_DATA/OCO2_L2_Lite_FP.11.3r ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource oco2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/OCO2_L2_Lite_FP.11.3r/contents.html ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2912085112-GES_DISC ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource github.com/nasa/RtRetrievalFramework ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4203038017-GES_DISC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C4203038017-GES_DISC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?l=Reference_Labels_15m%28hidden%29%2CReference_Features_15m%2… ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?l=Reference_Labels_15m%28hidden%29%2CReference_Features_15m%2… ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- JPEG docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/OCO/OCO2_logo.jpg ↗
The image depicts the official logo of the NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2).
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/oco-2-level-2-bias-corrected-xco2-and-other-select-fie… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/c4oenlfcyvsa ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- Water Vapor (Total Column Average) worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?l=Reference_Labels_15m%28hidden%29%2CReference_Features_15m%2… ↗
preview image · from NASA CMR
- worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov /?l=Reference_Labels_15m%28hidden%29%2CReference_Features_15m%2… ↗
Variable layers in Worldview for the dataset: Carbon Dioxide (Total Column Average), Carbon Dioxide (Difference from Global Mean)
preview image · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=f58e873e-9563-4c58-9e6d-9360f4fd5… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4203038017-GES_DISC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4203038017-GES_DISC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide · Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 · Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Chemistry · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Climate change science 72%
Provenance · 2 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4203038017-GES_DISC | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | f58e873e-9563-4c58-9e6d-9360f4fd59bb | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3702 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (72%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:chemistry | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:oco-2 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-chemistry/carbon-and-hydrocarbon-compounds/atmospheric-carbon-dioxide | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:oco-2 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |