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    • MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Parameter 3 Band 2 Daily L3 Global 30 ArcSec CMG V061

    Metadata Updated: May 22, 2024

    The MCD43D06 Version 6.1 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Model Parameter data set is a daily 16-day product. This product incorporates the Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) structure in which each file geographically covers the entire earth rather than the 10 degree x 10 degree latitude and longitude tiling system utilized by the standard MODIS land products. Unlike the standard CMG pixel resolution of 5600 meters the MCD43D products are 1000 meters, consequently, because of the large file size each product contains just one layer. The Julian date in the granule ID of each specific file represents the 9th day of the 16 day composite period, and consequently the observations are weighted to estimate the BRDF/Albedo for that day. The layer in the MCD43D06 is the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function geometric parameter for MODIS band 2. This geometric parameter, in conjunction with the isotropic and volumetric parameters, is used to derive the Albedo and BRDF value for MODIS band 2.

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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 May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 22, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 22, 2024
    Publisher LP DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2532007810-LPCLOUD
    Data First Published 2021-02-22
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-02-22
    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 Crystal Schaaf, Zhuosen Wang. 2021-02-22. MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Parameter 3 Band 2 Daily L3 Global 30 ArcSec CMG V061. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43D06.061. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43D06.061. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles..
    Creator Crystal Schaaf, Zhuosen Wang
    Harvest Object Id b7c64b55-c050-4f19-a780-e1f824826011
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43D06.061
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3d4df26226c9e02f48bf6f125a46e316933d2cb40e6b9c1134be7708382144a3
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-02-16T00:00:00Z/2024-05-20T00:00:00Z

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