Satellites

MONETIO provides readers for several satellite instruments and reanalysis products.

Unified Access

We recommend using the unified monetio.load() function:

import monetio as mio

# Load MERRA2 data
ds = mio.load("merra2", files="MERRA2_400.tavg1_2d_slv_Nx.20230101.nc4")

Supported Satellites and Reanalysis

MERRA-2

Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2.

• Source ID: merra2

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.

• Source ID: modis_l2, modis_ornl, nasa_modis

NESDIS VIIRS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).

• Source ID: nesdis_edr_viirs: Enterprise Data Record (EDR).
• Source ID: nesdis_eps_viirs: Enterprise Processing System (EPS).
• Source ID: nesdis_viirs_jrr (or viirs_jrr): Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Risk Reduction (JRR).
• Source ID: nesdis_frp: Fire Radiative Power (FRP).

OMPS

Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite.

• Source ID: omps, omps_nadir

TROPOMI

Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument.

• Source ID: tropomi

TEMPO

Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution.

• Source ID: tempo

GOES

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

• Source ID: goes

MOPITT

Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere.

• Source ID: mopitt