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Datasets/OCO2_L2_Lite_FP
d020·dataset

Carbon dioxide in the air

OCO-2 L2 Lite Full-Physics XCO2
GES DISC OCO2_L2_Lite_FP cloud-native ~3 km footprint ~16-day repeat NetCDF atmospheregreenhouse-gasescarbon-cycle

Column-averaged atmospheric CO2 (XCO2) — the canonical NASA space-based CO2 record. Drives flux-inversion studies.

OCO-2 L2 Lite Full-Physics XCO2

Column-averaged atmospheric CO2 (XCO2) — the canonical NASA space-based CO2 record. Drives flux-inversion studies.

Access

Gotchas

  • v11.2 is current; v10 deprecated
  • QF flag (xco2_quality_flag) is critical
  • Cloud + aerosol screening drops most observations; sparse coverage
  • Other datasets: d021
  • Questions: q02

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

oco2_l2_lite_fp_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="OCO2_L2_Lite_FP",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from GES DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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