Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content
  • Feedback

    • MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid

    Metadata Updated: March 17, 2025

    The combined MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid product represents a new addition that is especially geared to facilitate climate scientists who deal with both models and observations. MCD06COSP_D3_MODIS represents the daily product’s short-name. The “COSP” acronym in its short-name stands for Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package. The L3 monthly product is derived by aggregating the daily-produced Aqua+Terra/MODIS D3 Cloud Properties product (MCD06COSP_D3_MODIS). Provided in netCDF4 format, it contains 23 aggregated science data sets (SDS/parameters).

    The Collection 6.2 (C6.2) is an improved version from the previous version (C6.1) because a number of bugs detected in Collection 6.1 are fixed.

    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.

    Downloads & Resources

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 28, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 17, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 28, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 17, 2025
    Publisher Not provided
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2263894888-LAADS
    Data First Published 2022-05-05
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-01
    Category Terra, Aqua, 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 MODIS Atmosphere Science Team. 2022-05-10. MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid. Version 6.2. 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/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS.062. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS.062.
    Creator MODIS Atmosphere Science Team
    Harvest Object Id 20b82c17-12ef-4b4c-acea-04b8d3ccfa7d
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS.062
    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 961c01e73f96d8a6cf44668818755d9f1a2132b86183ca549f55795229b2e8c3
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-07-01T00:00:00Z/2025-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.