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    • MODIS/Aqua Dark Target Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10 km

    Metadata Updated: May 27, 2024

    The MODIS/Aqua Dark Target Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10 km product, short-name XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua is provided at 10-km spatial resolution (at-nadir) and a 5-minute cadence that typically yields about 140 granules over the daylit hours of a 24-hour period. The Aqua/MODIS L2 collection record spans from January 2019 through December 2022.

    The XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua product is a part of the Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO)–Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Dark Target Aerosol project under NASA’s Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, led by Robert Levy, uses a special version of the MODIS Dark Target (DT) aerosol retrieval algorithm to produce Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and other aerosol parameters derived independently from seven sensor/platform combinations, where 3 are in GEO and 4 are in LEO. The 3 GEO sensors include Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI) on both GOES-16 (GOES-East) and GOES-17 (GOES-West), and Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on Himawari-8. The 4 LEO sensors include MODIS on both Terra and Aqua, and VIIRS on both Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20. Adding the LEO sensors reinforces a major goal of this project, which is to render a consistent science maturity level across DT aerosol products derived from both types and sources of orbital satellites.

    The XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua product, in netCDF4 format, contains 45 Science Data Set (SDS) layers that include 8 geolocation and 37 geophysical SDSs.

    For more information consult LAADS product description page at:

    https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua

    Or, Dark Target aerosol team Page at: https://darktarget.gsfc.nasa.gov/

    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 May 22, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 27, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 22, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 27, 2024
    Publisher Not provided
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2859238768-LAADS
    Data First Published 2023-09-05
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-01-01
    Category MEaSUREs, Aqua, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation NASA Atmosphere SIPS. 2024-02-21. MODIS/Aqua Dark Target Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10 km. 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/MEaSUREs/GLDTA/XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua.001. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/GLDTA/XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua.001.
    Creator NASA Atmosphere SIPS
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/GLDTA/XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua.001
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    Temporal 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z/2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

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