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    • ASTER L2 Surface Radiance VNIR and SWIR V004

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

    The Terra Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Surface Radiance VNIR and SWIR (AST_09) contains atmospherically corrected data for the Visible and Near Infrared (VNIR) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) sensors. Both the VNIR and SWIR data are atmospherically corrected and are generated using the bands of the corresponding ASTER Level 1B image.The AST_09 product has a spatial resolution of 15 meters (m) for the VNIR bands and 30 m for the SWIR bands.Known Issues Level 2 products that are on the international date line/anti-meridian have incorrect bounding coordinates for the UTM zone defined in the file metadata. SWIR data acquired after April 2008 may exhibit anomalous saturation and striping. Users should consult the ASTER SWIR User Advisory for additional details.Improvements/Changes from Previous Versions* Enhanced Atmospheric Correction: Version 4 uses Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications Version 2 (MERRA-2) data as the primary source for atmospheric parameters (ozone, water vapor, pressure, and temperature), improving the precision of emissivity calculations. Fallback Mechanisms: When MERRA-2 data are unavailable, the product employs Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) data as a backup, with climatology data serving as a final fallback to ensure continuous processing. Radiometric Calibration Update: Version 4 applies Radiometric Calibration Coefficient Version 5 (RCC V5) to improve the radiometric accuracy of the raw DNs, based on research by Tsuchida and others (2020), published in Remote Sensing.

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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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 19, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 19, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025
    Publisher LP DAAC;JP/METI/AIST/JSS/GDS
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/ASTER/AST_09.004
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 709211a1-b129-4f10-99d1-8646e451bec7
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=C3306886555-LPCLOUD
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":83,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-83},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b1150a8ddd94d62c376b07c76a59b5cb5f99c04b2f8f76ef6e0c378cab8cbcbe
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-03-06/2000-03-06

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