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    • MODIS/Aqua Cloud Mask 5-Min Swath 1000 m

    Metadata Updated: June 11, 2024

    The MODIS-VIIRS Cloud Mask (MVCM) is designed to facilitate continuity in cloud detection between the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on the Aqua and Terra platforms and the series of VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instruments, beginning with the Suomi NPP spacecraft. To establish continuity, this MODIS MVCM product does not use an algorithm identical to that used in the standard MODIS product (MOD35/MYD35). The MVCM-MODIS Cloud Mask product is Aqua MOIDS Level-2, 5-Min Swath product generated at 1000 m (at nadir) spatial resolution. The algorithm employs a series of visible through infrared threshold and consistency tests to specify confidence that an unobstructed view of the Earth's surface has been observed. Radiometrically-accurate radiances are required, thus holes in the cloud mask will appear wherever the input radiances are incomplete or of poor quality.

    For more information consult Product Page at: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/MVCM/

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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 June 11, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 11, 2024
    Publisher Not provided
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1593392869-LAADS
    Data First Published 2019-02-15
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-06-05
    Category Aqua, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS. 2019-03-01. MODIS/Aqua Cloud Mask 5-Min Swath 1000 m. Version 1. MODAPS at NASA/GSFC. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, L1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS). https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDMSK_L2_MODIS_Aqua.001. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDMSK_L2_MODIS_Aqua.001.
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDMSK_L2_MODIS_Aqua.001
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place MODAPS at NASA/GSFC
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c19ae75344ef23866e0c7a6fd99233344ff12c8c0372dbdb889c81c48133f1ae
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z/2024-06-10T00:00:00Z

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