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    • MISR Level 2 Aerosol parameters V002

    Metadata Updated: February 5, 2026

    Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) is an instrument designed to view Earth with cameras pointed in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, each piece of Earth's surface below is successively imaged by all 9 cameras, in each of 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is to improve our understanding of the fate of sunlight in Earth environment, as well as distinguish different types of clouds, particles and surfaces. Specifically, MISR monitors the monthly, seasonal, and long-term trends in three areas: 1) amount and type of atmospheric particles (aerosols), including those formed by natural sources and by human activities; 2) amounts, types, and heights of clouds, and 3) distribution of land surface cover, including vegetation canopy structure. MISR Level 2 Aerosol parameters V002 contains Aerosol optical depth and particle type, with associated atmospheric data.

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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 April 9, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 9, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC;NASA/JPL/MISR
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIL2ASAE_L2.002
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    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 59b08d9c-b192-436c-86a1-83b43d6b4a60
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov/misr_loc/misr_loc.html
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5cb5cdeda89d5620f8fd2a06acbb9a12c88bd45a2b903cd9aa41e295716ee20e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-02-24/2000-02-24

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