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What is OMIs File Naming Convention?

April 26, 2017Convention file naming

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What is OMIs File Naming Convention?

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The file names used for OMI products all contain two date/time stamps: the data date and the production date. The data date is the start time for the OMI granule or orbit measurement data in the file. The processing date/time indicates when the file for the given product was created. Here is an example of an aerosol product Level 2 file name. OMI-Aura_L2-OMAERO_2008m0830t1828-o21953_v003-2008m0831t021052.he5 MI = Instrument Name Aura = Satellite Name L2 = Level OMBRO = Product Name 2008m0830t1828 = Data Date o21953 = Orbit Number v003 = Collection Number 2008m0831t021052 = Production Date he5 = Extension OMI data set file naming convention description can be found in OMI Level 2 Aerosol Data Product Specification.