Imaging · collection · 2026
MLS/Aura Level 2 Derived Meteorological Products for MERRA-2 V005 (ML2EDMPMERRA2)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/aura/mls/data2524
ML2EDMPMERRA2 is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) product with derived meteorological variables from MERRA-2 at the MLS profile locations.
Description
The data version is 5.0. Spatial coverage is near-global (-82 degrees to +82 degrees latitude), with each profile spaced 1.5 degrees or ~165 km along the orbit track (roughly 15 orbits per day).
The vertical range is from 1000 to 0.01 hPa, and the vertical resolution is between 3 and 6 km. Users of the ML2EDMPMERRA2 data product should read the EOS MLS Level 2 Version 5 Quality Document for more information. The data are stored in the version 5 EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5), which is based on the version 5 Hierarchical Data Format, or HDF-5.
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Each file contains several swath objects for a meteorological variable, each with a set of data and geolocation fields, swath attributes, and metadata.
Links
Get the data
- Resource disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML2EDMPMERRA2_005.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/C3788558117-GES_DISC ↗
metadata API · download · from NASA CMR
- Resource mls.jpl.nasa.gov/eos-aura-mls/data.php ↗
Users are encouraged to register with the MLS science team to obtain updates and information about this data product.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Data Quality and Description Document docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/MLS/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Product… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- List of publications. mls.jpl.nasa.gov/publications ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/MLS/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.4_Product… ↗
EOS MLS Retrieval Process Algorithm Theoretical Basis
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3788558117-GES_DISC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3788558117-GES_DISC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource mls.jpl.nasa.gov ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- PNG docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/ML2EDMPMERRA2_005.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2EDMPMERRA2.005 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2EDMPMERRA2.005/contents.ht… ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/mls-aura-level-2-derived-meteorological-products-for-m… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/aura/mls/data2524 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=c7831c56-0958-4f37-be1f-d6b945fdc… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3788558117-GES_DISC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3788558117-GES_DISC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Altitude · Atmospheric Stability · Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate · Geopotential Height · NOT APPLICABLE · Potential Vorticity · Streamfunctions · The second Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications · Upper Air Temperature · U/V Wind Components
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 69%
Provenance · 2 source records, 25 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3788558117-GES_DISC | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | c7831c56-0958-4f37-be1f-d6b945fdc07d | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | 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:not-applicable | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/altitude | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/altitude/geopotential-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-temperature/atmospheric-stability | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-temperature/upper-air-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-temperature/upper-air-temperature/vertical-profiles/dry-adiabatic-lapse-rate | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/upper-level-winds/u-v-wind-components | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/wind-dynamics/streamfunctions | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/wind-dynamics/vorticity/potential-vorticity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:merra-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 |