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    • MISR Level 3 Global Cloud public Product in netCDF format covering a day V002

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    MI3DCLDN_2 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Global Cloud public Product in netCDF format covering a day version 2. It contains the public MISR Level 3 Global Cloud Product in netCDF format covering a day and is a global summary of the Level 1 and Level 2 cloud parameters of interest averaged over a year and reported on a geographic grid, it has multiple data layers, with varying temporal resolutions of 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree as well as 2.5 degree by 2.5 degree. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

    The MISR instrument consists of nine pushbroom cameras which measure radiance in four spectral bands. Global coverage is achieved in nine days. The cameras are arranged with one camera pointing toward the nadir, four cameras pointing forward, and four cameras pointing aftward. It takes seven minutes for all nine cameras to view the same surface location. The view angles relative to the surface reference ellipsoid, are 0, 26.1, 45.6, 60.0, and 70.5 degrees. The spectral band shapes are nominally Gaussian, centered at 443, 555, 670, and 865 nm.

    MISR itself 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 affects of sunlight on Earth, 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.

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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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    ASDC List of MISR Imagery and Articles

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C108919905-LARC
    Data First Published 2006-02-14
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2019-06-19
    Category MISR, 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 2008-02-11. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC. https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI3DCLDN_L3.002. https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/MISR.
    Graphic Preview Description ASDC List of MISR Imagery and Articles
    Graphic Preview File https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/imagery.html
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI3DCLDN_L3.002
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b5b1d362c9a1b730311cd29727f69256581abdca249be08246f2a0bc18ceb3b0
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-02-25T00:00:00Z/2022-03-30T00:00:00Z

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