Long-term spatio-temporal variability of NO2 field in Rome, observed by the AOTF-based NO2 Camera

This dataset contains NO2 differential slant column densities (dSCD), acquired at BAQUNIN-APL supersite in an urban environment.

The acquisition followed a fixed hourly pattern with one zenith spectrum (80° elevation) and six sequential low-elevation (typically 7°) measurements at azimuths 015°, 050°, 085°, 115°, 155°, and 340°, repeating every hour. The methods for retrieving the dSCDs from Level-0 measurements are described in https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6021-2025

The dataset contains one NetCDF file per month, per main azimuth and per elevation, gathering all the corresponding Level-2 NO2 retrievals. Each file's dimensions are:

  • date_hour for the day and hour of the measurement (only one acquisition per day and hour, due to the data acquisition plan)
  • row and col identifying the camera's pixels, spatially downsampled with a factor 5x5 to limit data volume, i.e. a horizontal and vertical sampling of ~0.22°.

The data variables available at pixel level are the NO2 differential slant column density (dSCD), its uncertainty, scene radiance, viewing elevation and azimuth angles, and a QC mask for the dSCD (no2_qc_passed). The other data variables depend only on the measurement time: solar zenith and azimuth angles and several time coordinates.

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Cite this as (APA format)

Gramme, P., Busschots, C., & Dekemper, E. (2026). Long-term spatio-temporal variability of NO2 field in Rome, observed by the AOTF-based NO2 Camera (Version 1) [Data set]. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. https://doi.org/10.18758/j2opmp4d

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Author(s)
Principal

Gramme, Pierreorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Other(s)

Busschots, Cedricorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; Dekemper, Emmanuelorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy;

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Technical info
Documentation

Temporal features
Starting

April 11, 2026
Ending /
Temporal resolution

PT1H
Updating frequency

QUATERLY

Additional info
Funding details

European Space Agency (ESA) grant number BAQ-3/SER/SUB/06
Repository homepage

https://data.aeronomie.be/dataset/
Last Updated

June 26, 2026
Created

June 18, 2026

Spatial features