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    • MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Surface BRF Daily L2G Global 500m and 1km SIN Grid V061

    Metadata Updated: June 4, 2024

    The MCD19A1 Version 6.1 data product is a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra and Aqua combined Land Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Factor (BRF) gridded Level 2 product produced daily at 500 meter (m) and 1 kilometer (km) pixel resolutions. The MCD19A1 product is corrected for atmospheric gases and aerosols using a Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) algorithm that is based on a time series analysis and a combination of pixel- and image-based processing. The MODIS MAIAC Land Surface BRF products provide an estimate of the surface spectral reflectance as it would be measured at ground-level in the absence of atmospheric scattering or absorption.

    The MCD19A1 MAIAC Surface Reflectance data product includes 31 Science Dataset (SDS) layers: surface reflectance for bands 1-12, BRF uncertainty for bands 1-2, Quality Assessment (QA) bits at 1 km, surface reflectance for bands 1-7 at 500 m, cosine of solar zenith angle, cosine of view zenith angle, relative azimuth angle, scattering angle, solar azimuth angle, view azimuth angle, glint angle, RossThick/Li-Sparse (RTLS) volumetric kernel, and RTLS geometric kernel at 5 km. A low-resolution browse image is also included showing surface reflectance band combination 1, 4, 3 created using a composite of all available orbits.

    Each SDS layer within each MCD19A1 Hierarchical Data Format 4 (HDF4) file contains a third dimension that represents the number of orbit overpasses. This factor could affect the total number of bands for each SDS layer.

    Validation at stage 1 (https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/QA_WWW/newPage.cgi?fileName=maturity) has been achieved for the MCD19A1 data product. Further details regarding MODIS land product validation for MCD19 data products are available from the MODIS Land Team Validation site (https://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ValStatus.php?ProductID=MOD19).

    Improvements/Changes from Previous Versions * The Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 - 2017. * A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB). * The MCD19 Version 6.1 products have added 250 m resolution bands. * The previous BRDF product (MCD19A3) was reported once every eight days and the new MCD19A3D is a daily product. * MCD19A3D introduces gap-filled NDVI and gap-filled 250 m NBAR. * Snow Fraction, Snow Fit, and Snow Grain size layers were moved from MCD19A1 to the MCD19A3D. * There are four additional Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) products: MCD19A1CMGL, MCD19A1GO, MCD19A2CMG, and MCD19A3CMG.

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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 June 4, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Graphic Preview

    Browse image for Earthdata Search

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024
    Publisher LP DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2484086031-LPCLOUD
    Data First Published 2022-07-06
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-07-06
    Category Terra, Aqua, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
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    Citation Alexei Lyapustin, Yujie Wang. 2022-07-06. MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Surface BRF Daily L2G Global 500m and 1km SIN Grid 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/MCD19A1.061. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD19A1.061. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles..
    Creator Alexei Lyapustin, Yujie Wang
    Graphic Preview Description Browse image for Earthdata Search
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD19A1.061
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    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
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    Temporal 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z/2024-06-03T00:00:00Z

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