Registry of Open Data on AWS

Usage examples for all datasets listed in the Registry of Open Data on AWS tagged with air quality.

NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER)

Tutorials

About the Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project ArcGIS StoryMap. by The POWER Project
Accessing and Subsetting POWER data, from AWS S3 using Python. by The POWER Project

Tools & Applications

Publications

A solar azimuth formula that renders circumstantial treatment unnecessary without compromising mathematical rigor: Mathematical setup, application and extension of a formula based on the subsolar point and atan2 function by Zhang, T., P. W. Stackhouse, B. Macpherson, and J. C. Mikovitz
Application of a global-to-beam irradiance model to the NASA GEWEX SRB dataset: An extension of the NASA Surface meteorology and Solar Energy datasets by Zhang, T., P. W. Stackhouse, W. S. Chandler, and D. J. Westberg
Application of Satellite Sensor Data and Models for Energy Management by Zell, E., J. Engel-Cox, R. Eckman, and P. Stackhouse
Association between solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder by Bauer M, et al., Stackhouse PW Jr., et al.
CEOS contributions to informing energy management and policy decision making using space-based Earth observations by Eckman, R. S., and P. W. Stackhouse
Enhancing Climate Resilience at NASA Centers: A Collaboration between Science and Stewardship by Rosenzweig, C., and Coauthors
Evaluation of NASA satellite- and assimilation model-derived long-term daily temperature data over the continental US by White, J. W., G. Hoogenboom, P. W. Stackhouse, and J. M. Hoell
Evaluation of Satellite-Based, Modeled-Derived Daily Solar Radiation Data for the Continental United States by White, J. W., G. Hoogenboom, P. W. Wilkens, P. W. Stackhouse, and J. M. Hoel
Global Surface Solar Energy Anomalies Including El Nino and La Nina Years. by C. H., and Coauthors
Modeling the potential for thermal concentrating solar power technologies by Zhang, Y., S. J. Smith, G. P. Kyle, and P. W. Stackhouse
NASA Climatological Data for Renewable Energy Assessment by Chandler, W. S., C. H. Whitlock, and P. W. Stackhouse
The Contribution of Solar Brightening to the US Maize Yield Trend by Tollenaar, T., J. Fridgen, P. Tyagi, P. W. Stackhouse Jr., and S. Kumudini
Variations in seasonal solar insolation are associated with a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder by Bauer, M., and Coauthors

MERRA-2 inst3_3d_aer_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Mixing Ratio 0.625 x 0.5 degree

Tutorials

How to Access GES DISC Data Using Python by James Acker, Jerome Alfred, Helen Amos, Chris Battisto, Thomas Hearty, Alexis Hunzinger, Lena Iredell, Christoph Keller, Binita KC, Carlee Loeser, Ariana Louise, Kristan Morgan, Dieu My T. Nguyen, Dana Ostrenga, Xiaohua Pan, Kanan Patel, Brianna R. Pagán, Andrey Savtchenko, Elliot Sherman, Suhung Shen, Jian Su,Joseph Wysk, Rupesh Shrestha.

Publications

2015b: MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate by Bosilovich, M. G., S. Akella, L. Coy, R. Cullather, C. Draper, R. Gelaro, R. Kovach, Q.Liu, A. Molod, P. Norris, K. Wargan, W. Chao, R. Reichle, L. Takacs, Y. Vikhliaev, S. Bloom, A. Collow, S. Firth, G. Labow, G. Partyka, S. Pawson, O. Reale, S. D. Schubert, and M. Suarez
A catchment-based approach to modeling land surface processes in a GCM, Part 1, Model Structure by Koster, R. D., M. J. Suarez, A. Ducharne, M. Stieglitz, and P. Kumar
Assessment of MERRA-2 Land Surface Hydrology Estimates. by Reichle, R. H., C. S. Draper, Q. Liu, M. Girotto, S. P. P. Mahanama, R. D. Koster, and G. J. M. De Lannoy
Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates by Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina
Design and implementation of components in the Earth System Modeling Framework by Collins, N., G. Theurich, C. DeLuca, M. Suarez, A. Trayanov, V. Balaji, P. Li, W. Yang, C. Hill, and A. da Silva
Development of the GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model: evolution from MERRA to MERRA2. by Molod, A., L. Takacs, M. Suarez, and J. Bacmeister
Documentation and Validation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Data Assimilation System - Version 4 by Bloom, S., A. da Silva, D. Dee, M. Bosilovich, J.-D. Chern, S. Pawson, S. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, I. Stajner, W.-W. Tan, M.-L. Wu
Land Surface Precipitation in MERRA-2. by Reichle, R.H., Q. Liu, R.D. Koster, C.S. Draper, S.P.P. Mahanama, and G.S. Partyka
Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part I: Spatially homogeneous and isotropic Gaussian covariances by Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts
Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part II: Spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic general covariances by Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts
The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation. by Randles, C. A., A. M. da Silva, V. Buchard, P. R. Colarco, A. Darmenov, R. Govindaraju, A. Smirnov, B. Holben, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, Y.Shinozuka, and C.J. Flynn
The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part II: Evaluation and case studies. by Buchard V., C. A. Randles, A. M. da Silva, A. Darmenov, P. R. Colarco, R. Govindaraju, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, A. J. Beyersdorf, L. D. Ziemba, H. Yu
The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2). by Gelaro, R., W. McCarty, M. J. Suárez, R. Todling, A. Molod, L. Takacs, C. A. Randles, A. Darmenov, M. G. Bosilovich, R. Reichle, et al.
Three-dimensional variational analysis with spatially inhomogeneous covariances by Wu, W.-S., R.J. Purser and D.F. Parrish

GEOS-Chem Input Data

Tutorials

Publications

Enabling high-performance cloud computing for Earth science modeling on over a thousand cores: application to the GEOS-Chem atmospheric chemistry model by Jiawei Zhuang et al.
Enabling Immediate Access to Earth Science Models through Cloud Computing: Application to the GEOS-Chem Model by Jiawei Zhuang et al.
Improved advection, resolution, performance, and community access in the new generation (version 13) of the high-performance GEOS-Chem global atmospheric chemistry model (GCHP) by Randall V. Martin et al.

GEOS-Chem Nested Input Data

Tutorials

Tools & Applications

Integrated Methane Inversion by Daniel Varon et al.

Publications

Enabling high-performance cloud computing for Earth science modeling on over a thousand cores: application to the GEOS-Chem atmospheric chemistry model by Jiawei Zhuang et al.
Enabling Immediate Access to Earth Science Models through Cloud Computing: Application to the GEOS-Chem Model by Jiawei Zhuang et al.

OpenAQ

Tutorials

Accessing data from the OpenAQ archive by OpenAQ
Amazon S3
OpenaQ direct file access ObservableHQ notebook by OpenAQ
Amazon S3
Querying with AWS Athena by OpenAQ
Amazon Athena

Tools & Applications

Publications

Enabling rapid COVID-19 and air pollution analysis across the globe with OpenAQ and AWS by Christa Hasenkopf

CMAS Data Warehouse

Tutorials

AMET Documentation by USEPA
CMAQ Installation and Benchmarking Tutorial by USEPA
CMAQ on AWS HPC Workshop by CMAS Center, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development and AWS Workshop Studio
AWS ParallelCluster
Documentation for CMAQ on AWS ParallelCluster by CMAS Center
AWS ParallelCluster
EQUATES Benchmark by Liz Adams

Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) / Aura NO2 Tropospheric Column Density

Tutorials

Medium Post: COG Talk — Part 1: What’s new? by Vincent Sarago

Tools & Applications

SPARTAN Data

Tutorials

Tutorial on using SPARTAN data on AWS by Haihui Zhu

Publications

A Global-Scale Mineral Dust Equation by Xuan Liu, et al.
Elemental Characterization of Ambient Particulate Matter for a Globally Distributed Monitoring Network: Methodology and Implications by Xuan Liu, et al.
SPARTAN: A global network to evaluate and enhance satellite-based estimates of ground-level particulate matter for global health applications by Graydon Snider, et al.
Variation in global chemical composition of PM2.5: emerging results from SPARTAN by Graydon Snider, et al.

Sentinel-5P Level 2

Tutorials

Accessing Sentinel-5P Data on S3 by MEEO by Meteorological Environmental Earth Observation

Tools & Applications

Publications

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Document Library by European Space Agency

SatPM2.5

Tutorials

Importing and Plotting the V6.GL.03 dataset into Matlab by Aaron van Donkelaar

Publications

Enhancing Global Estimation of Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations by Including Geophysical a Priori Information in Deep Learning by Siyuan Shen, Chi Li, Aaron van Donkelaar, Nathan Jacobs, Chenguang Wang, and Randall V. Martin

IGP Brick Kilns Bangladesh

Tutorials

Analyzing Brick Kiln Data and Emission Calculation by APAD

IGP Brick Kilns India

Tutorials

Analyzing Brick Kiln Data and Emission Calculation by APAD

IGP Brick Kilns Pakistan

Tutorials

Analyzing Brick Kiln Data and Emission Calculation by APAD

IGP Cement Plants

Tutorials

Analyzing Cement Plant Data by APAD

IGP Paper and Pulp Plant

Tutorials

Analyzing Paper and Pulp Plant Data by APAD

IGP Power Generation Plant

Tutorials

Analyzing Power Generation Plant Data and Emission Calculation by APAD

IGP Steel Plants

Tutorials

Analyzing Steel Plant Data by APAD

IGP Waste Management Data

Tutorials

Analyzing Waste Management Data by APAD

SILAM Air Quality

Tutorials

Simple examples by Roope Tervo

Safecast

Tools & Applications

Safecast Map by Nick Dolezal

IGP Coal Plant

Tutorials

Analyzing Coal Plant Data and Emission Calculation by APAD

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