The GEOS-5 FP-IT 3D Time-Averaged Model-Layer Assimilated Data Geo-Colocated to OMI/Aura VIS 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24km (OMVFPMET) product provides selected meteorlogical fields from the GEOS-5 Forward Processing for Instrument Teams (FP-IT) assimilated product produced by the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) co-located in space and time with the OMI UV-2 swath.
The fields in this product include layer pressure thickness, surface pressure, vertical temperature profiles, surface potential, and mid-layer pressure along with geolocation info. The OMI team also provides a corresponding product for the OMI UV2 swath, OMUFPMET. The OMI ancillary products were developed to provide supplementary information for use with the OMI collection 4 L1B data sets. The original GEOS-5 FP-IT data are reported on a 0.625 deg longitude by 0.5 deg latitude grid, whereas the OMI UV-2 spatial resolution is 13km x 24km at nadir.
The OMVFPMET files are in netCDF4 format which is compatible with most netCDF and HDF5 readers and tools. Each file is approximately 45mb in size. The lead for this product is Zachary Fasnacht of SSAI. Joanna Joiner is the responsible NASA official.