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    • MODIS/Aqua Total Precip Water Vapor 1km and 5km 5-Min L2 Narrow Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC05S0) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This is the narrow-swath MODIS/Aqua subset along CloudSat field of view track. The goal of the narrow-swath subset is to select and return MODIS data that are within +-5 km across the CloudSat track. I.e. the resultant MODIS subset swath is sought to be about 10 km cross-track. However, the original MYD05_L2 has data of 5- and 1-km pixels. Thus, MAC05S0 cross-track width is 3- and 11-pixels, depending on the parameter, and the resultant swath is about 15- and 10-km, correspondingly. Along-track, all MODIS pixels from the original product are preserved.

    In the standard product, the MODIS level-2 atmospheric precipitable water product consists of total atmospheric column water vapor amounts (and ancillary parameters) over clear land areas of the globe, over extended clear oceanic areas with the Sun glint, and above clouds over both land and ocean. These estimates are based on a near-infrared algorithm using only daytime measurements with solar zenith angle less than 72 degrees. The retrieval algorithm relies on observations of water vapor attenuation of near-infrared solar radiation reflected by surfaces and clouds. The product is produced only over areas that have reflective surfaces in the near-infrared. The infrared-derived precipitable water vapor generated for both daytime & nighttime conditions as one component of another MODIS product (MYD07) is also provided as a part of this product.

    (The shortname for this product is MAC05S0).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1236350942-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2006-06-02
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-02-28
    Category ATDD, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation MODIS Science Team. GES DISC. 2006-10-01. MAC05S0. Version 002. MODIS/Aqua Total Precip Water Vapor 1km and 5km 5-Min L2 Narrow Swath Subset along CloudSat. Greenbelt, MD, USA. MAC05S0. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/MAC05S0_002.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator MODIS Science Team
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Editor GES DISC
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/MAC05S0_002.png
    Harvest Object Id b04bcf3a-fa96-403d-b24c-db6950b117d1
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Issue Identification MAC05S0
    Homepage URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1236350942-GES_DISC.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name MAC05S0
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5bc3814c1162695a9a4dcc51a6d8b5d3e961b9396022613a8782c125bfea6d1f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2006-06-02T00:00:00Z/2018-02-28T23:59:59.999Z

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