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ICON Extreme Ultraviolet and Far Ultraviolet Oplus data

Stephan, A.; and F. Kamalabadi (2026). ICON Extreme Ultraviolet and Far Ultraviolet Oplus data [Data set]. Space Physics Data Facility.

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spase://SMWG/NumericalData/ICON/EUV-FUV/L3/Oplus/PT12S

Description

This describes the Level 3.2 data product for ICON which is in NetCDF4 format. These files are named ICON_L3-2_YYYY-MM-DD_vXXrZZZ.NC,
where YYYY-MM-DD is the year month day, XX shows the version number and ZZZ shows the revision number of this file. Each individual file contains
one calendar day (24 hours) of data, merging data from the EUV and FUV Level 2 ionosphere products. The 12-second integration time is preserved
in all samples. For FUV, the central 4 of 6 imaging stripes are used to match the EUV 12-deg horizontal field of regard. All data are filtered to
remove flagged bad data (FUV Level 2.5 Data Quality = 0 in any of the 4 stripes, and EUV Level 2.6 Data Warning = 2). Consult the Level 2 data
files for more information. Altitude profiles are generated on a 5-km resolution altitude grid. FUV data in all 4 stripes are binned and averaged
using a weighted mean. EUV altitude profiles are interpolated onto the grid.

 Each data source has been evaluated for precision to meet the original ICON science goals and requirements, but may require systematic offsets or 
 scaling for accuracy in alternate applications, for details see:
   Nighttime (FUV) O+ validation : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00970-2
   Daytime (EUV) O+ validation : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00930-2"

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spase://SMWG/NumericalData/ICON/EUV-FUV/L3/Oplus/PT12S
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NASA
ResourceType
NumericalData
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
ICON Extreme Ultraviolet and Far Ultraviolet Oplus data
AlternateName
EUV and FUV Oplus data
ReleaseDate
2026-08-18 00:00:00Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-08-18 00:00:00Z
Note
First release. JMW.
Description

This describes the Level 3.2 data product for ICON which is in NetCDF4 format. These files are named ICON_L3-2_YYYY-MM-DD_vXXrZZZ.NC,
where YYYY-MM-DD is the year month day, XX shows the version number and ZZZ shows the revision number of this file. Each individual file contains
one calendar day (24 hours) of data, merging data from the EUV and FUV Level 2 ionosphere products. The 12-second integration time is preserved
in all samples. For FUV, the central 4 of 6 imaging stripes are used to match the EUV 12-deg horizontal field of regard. All data are filtered to
remove flagged bad data (FUV Level 2.5 Data Quality = 0 in any of the 4 stripes, and EUV Level 2.6 Data Warning = 2). Consult the Level 2 data
files for more information. Altitude profiles are generated on a 5-km resolution altitude grid. FUV data in all 4 stripes are binned and averaged
using a weighted mean. EUV altitude profiles are interpolated onto the grid.

 Each data source has been evaluated for precision to meet the original ICON science goals and requirements, but may require systematic offsets or 
 scaling for accuracy in alternate applications, for details see:
   Nighttime (FUV) O+ validation : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00970-2
   Daytime (EUV) O+ validation : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00930-2"
Acknowledgement
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Andrew Stephan; Dr. Farzad Kamalabadi; Dr. Thomas J. Immel
PublicationInfo
Authors
Stephan, A.; and F. Kamalabadi
PublicationDate
2026-06-16 00:00:00
PublishedBy
Space Physics Data Facility
Funding
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project
Explorers Program
AwardNumber
NNG12FA44C
Funding
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project
Explorers Program
AwardNumber
contracts NNG12FA42I
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Andrew.W.Stephan
2. PrincipalInvestigator spase://SMWG/Person/Farzad.Kamalabadi
3. MetadataContact spase://SMWG/Person/James.M.Weygand
InformationURL
Name
Additional information on ICON
URL
Description

ICON spacecraft Homepage.

InformationURL
Name
Design and Performance of the ICON EUV Spectrograph
URL
Description

Space Science Reviews, 212(1-2), pp.631-643. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0384-2

InformationURL
Name
The far ultra-violet Imager on the ICON mission
URL
Description

Space Science Reviews, 212(1-2), pp.655-696. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0386-0

AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb HAPI Server
URL
Style
HAPI
ProductKey
ICON_L3-2_O-Plus
Description

Web Service to this product using the HAPI interface.

Format
NetCDF
Acknowledgement
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Andrew Stephan; Dr. Farzad Kamalabadi; Dr. Thomas Immel.
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
RightsList
Rights
SchemeURI
https://spdx.org/licenses/
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SPDX
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CC0-1.0
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https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html
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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
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CC0 1.0 Universal is the Creative Commons license applicable to all publicly available NASA Heliophysics data products
AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
ProductKey
ICON_L3-2_O-Plus
Description

Access to Data in NetCDF Format via https from SPDF

AccessURL
Name
CDAWeb
URL
ProductKey
ICON_L3-2_O-Plus
Description

Access to ASCII, NetCDF, CDF, and Plots via NASA/GSFC CDAWeb

Format
NetCDF
Encoding
None
Acknowledgement
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Andrew Stephan; Dr. Farzad Kamalabadi; Dr. Thomas Immel.
ProcessingLevel
Calibrated
ProviderName
ICON EUV and FUV team
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2019-11-16 00:00:00Z
StopDate
2022-11-25 23:59:59Z
Cadence
PT12S
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Atmosphere
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface.Ionosphere
Parameter #1
Name
Epoch Time
ParameterKey
Epoch
Description

Time corresponding to the center of each observation, in milliseconds since Jan 1 1970.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
ms
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
6000000000000
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Magnitude
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #2
Name
UTC Time String
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_UTC_Time
Description

"UTC time corresponding to the measurement.

Cadence
PT12S
FillValue
" "
Support
Qualifier
Magnitude
SupportQuantity
Temporal
Parameter #3
Name
Geodetic Latitude
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Latitude
Description

Geodetic Latitude.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
degrees
ValidMin
-90
ValidMax
90
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #4
Name
Geodetic Longitude
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Longitude
Description

Geodetic longitude at retrieval location, in WGS referenced to 300 km tangent point for daytime (EUV), and to HmF2 tangent point location for nighttime (FUV).

Cadence
PT12S
Units
degrees
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
360
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #5
Name
O+ Density Altitude
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Altitude
Description

Altitude corresponding to the retrieved quantities, in WGS84 in 5 km increments, centered, e.g. 150 km means 147.5 km <= Altitude < 152.5 km.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
km
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #6
Name
Magnetic Latitude
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Magnetic_Latitude
Description

Quasi-dipole magnetic latitude at retrieval location, referenced to 300 km tangent point for daytime (EUV), and to HmF2 tangent point location for nighttime (FUV) calculated using the fast implementation developed by Emmert et al. (2010, doi:10.1029/2010JA015326) and the Python wrapper apexpy (https://github.com/aburrell/apexpy/).

Cadence
PT12S
Units
degrees
ValidMin
-90
ValidMax
90
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #7
Name
Magnetic Longitude
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Magnetic_Longitude
Description

Quasi-dipole magnetic longitude at retrieval location, referenced to 300 km tangent point for daytime (EUV), and to HmF2 tangent point location for nighttime (FUV) calculated using the fast implementation developed by Emmert et al. (2010, doi:10.1029/2010JA015326) and the Python wrapper apexpy (https://github.com/aburrell/apexpy/).

Cadence
PT12S
Units
degrees
ValidMin
-180
ValidMax
180
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #8
Name
HMF2
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_HmF2
Description

Height of the peak electron density of the F2 layer from retrieval, in WGS.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
km
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1000
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Scalar
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #9
Name
HmF2 Error
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_HmF2_Error
Description

1-sigma uncertainty in height of the F2 layer peak from retrieval, as determined from the reported statistical uncertainties and/or weighted averaging of the measurements.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
km
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
1000
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
SupportQuantity
Other
Parameter #10
Name
NMF2
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_NmF2
Description

Electron density at the peak of the F2 layer from retrieval.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
1/cm^3
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
10000000000
FillValue
-999
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
Qualifier
Moment
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
Parameter #11
Name
NmF2 Error
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_NmF2_Error
Description

1-sigma uncertainty in electron density at the peak of the F2 layer as determined from the reported statistical uncertainties and/or weighted averaging of the measurements.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
1/cm^3
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
10000000000
FillValue
-999
Particle
ParticleType
Electron
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
Parameter #12
Name
O+ Profile
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Oplus
Description

Number density of O+ as a function of altitude.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
1/cm^3
FillValue
-999
Particle
ParticleType
Ion
Qualifier
Average
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
AtomicNumber
8
Parameter #13
Name
O+ Profile Error
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Oplus_Error
Description

1-sigma uncertainty in the number density of O+ as a function of altitude as determined from the reported statistical uncertainties and/or weighted averaging of the measurements.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
1/cm^3
FillValue
-999
Particle
ParticleType
Ion
Qualifier
StandardDeviation
ParticleQuantity
NumberDensity
AtomicNumber
8
Parameter #14
Name
Local Solar Time
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Local_Solar_Time
Description

Local Solar Time at retrieval location.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
hours
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
24
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #15
Name
Solar Zenith Angle
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Solar_Zenith_Angle
Description

Solar Zenith Angle at retrieval location.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
degrees
ValidMin
0
ValidMax
180
FillValue
-999
Support
Qualifier
Direction
SupportQuantity
Positional
Parameter #16
Name
Data Source
ParameterKey
ICON_L32_Data_Source
Description

Data product contributing to each O+ measurement. Value: 2.5 is FUV nighttime ionosphere, 2.6 is EUV daytime ionosphere.

Cadence
PT12S
Units
hours
ValidMin
2
ValidMax
2.9
FillValue
-999
Support
SupportQuantity
InstrumentMode