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    • MODIS/Aqua Clouds 1km and 5km 5-Min L2 Swath Subset along MLS V002 (MAM06S0) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    This is the MODIS/Aqua subset along MLS field of view track. The goal of the subset is to select and return MODIS data that are within +-100 km across the MLS track. I.e. the resultant MODIS subset swath is sought to be about 200 km cross-track. However, the original MYD06_L2 has data of 5- and 1-km pixels. Thus, MAM06S0 cross-track width is 41- and 201-pixels, depending on the parameter. Along-track, all MODIS pixels from the original product are preserved.

    In the standard product, the level-2 MODIS cloud product consists of cloud optical and physical parameters. These parameters are derived using remotely sensed infrared, visible and near infrared solar reflected radiances. MODIS infrared channel radiances are used to derive cloud top temperature, cloud top height, effective emissivity, cloud phase (ice vs. water, opaque vs. non-opaque), and cloud fraction under both daytime and nighttime conditions. MODIS visible radiances are used to derive cloud optical thickness and effective particle radius and cloud shadow effects. Near infrared solar reflected radiance provides additional information in the retrieval of cloud particle phase (ice vs. water, clouds vs. snow).

    (The shortname for this product is MAM06S0).

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1236350974-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2004-08-08
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category ATDD, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1236350974-GES_DISC.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 274843ff07c65dc385ff651e8a01a261052d47cd3ec81637fc98885fe305860a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2004-08-08T00:00:00Z/2008-01-11T23:59:59.999Z

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