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CO2 over cities & power plants

OCO-3 Snapshot Area Map XCO2
GES DISC OCO3_L2_Lite_FP cloud-native ~3 km footprint, ~80×80 km SAM scenes variable (scheduler-driven) NetCDF atmospheregreenhouse-gasesurban-emissions

OCO-3 SAM mode targets cities + power plants for dense XCO2 raster — anthropogenic emissions attribution from space.

OCO-3 Snapshot Area Map XCO2

OCO-3 SAM mode targets cities + power plants for dense XCO2 raster — anthropogenic emissions attribution from space.

Access

Gotchas

  • SAM targets are scheduled, not opportunistic
  • ±52° latitude cap (ISS orbit)
  • SIF is separately available in OCO3_L2_Lite_SIF
  • Other datasets: d020
  • Questions: q02

Sources

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

Quick access (cloud-direct)

oco3_l2_lite_fp_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="OCO3_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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