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    • MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2024

    The MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km product is designed to facilitate continuity in cloud properties 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 Cloud Properties product does not use algorithms identical to those used in the standard MODIS product (MOD06/MYD06). The product consists of cloud optical and physical parameters derived using observations in visible through infrared spectral channels. MODIS infrared channels that are common with VIIRS are primarily used to derive cloud-top temperature, cloud-top height, effective emissivity, an infrared cloud phase product (ice vs. water, opaque vs. non-opaque), and cloud fraction under both daytime and nighttime conditions. The MODIS solar reflectances channels are primarily used to derive cloud optical thickness, particle effective radius, water path, and to inform the phase used in the optical retrievals. The MODIS Cloud Properties product is a Level-2 product generated at 1 km (at nadir) spatial resolution.

    The current version-1.1 of the Level-2 CLDPROP product collection is corrected to address an issue with the cloud optical properties’ thermodynamic phase that caused erroneous liquid water cloud phase results.

    Access & Use Information

    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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    References

    https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2024
    Publisher Not provided
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1643809696-LAADS
    Data First Published 2019-08-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2024-11-08
    Category Aqua, geospatial
    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
    Citation NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS. 2019-10-31. MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-Min Swath 1000m. 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/VIIRS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011.
    Creator NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
    Harvest Object Id fe3ca804-ce7d-47f0-bd98-30043b68a175
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
    Release Place MODAPS at NASA/GSFC
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 662c68f43e52c4315db3cb90e76cf1a704926e4a82d0551013933635b89d5eea
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z/2024-11-11T00:00:00Z

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