MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km
The MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km product is designed to facilitate continuity in cloud properties between the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on the Aqua and Terra platforms and the series of VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instruments, beginning with the Suomi NPP spacecraft. To establish continuity, this MODIS Cloud Properties product does not use algorithms identical to those used in the standard MODIS product (MOD06/MYD06). The product consists of cloud optical and physical parameters derived using observations in visible through infrared spectral channels. MODIS infrared channels that are common with VIIRS are primarily used to derive cloud-top temperature, cloud-top height, effective emissivity, an infrared cloud phase product (ice vs. water, opaque vs. non-opaque), and cloud fraction under both daytime and nighttime conditions. The MODIS solar reflectances channels are primarily used to derive cloud optical thickness, particle effective radius, water path, and to inform the phase used in the optical retrievals. The MODIS Cloud Properties product is a Level-2 product generated at 1 km (at nadir) spatial resolution. The current version-1.1 of the Level-2 CLDPROP product collection is corrected to address an issue with the cloud optical properties’ thermodynamic phase that caused erroneous liquid water cloud phase results.
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Data Format(s): | Archive: NetCDF-4Distribution: NetCDF-4 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Aqua | |
| Data Center(s): | UWI-MAD/SSEC | Instrument(s): | MODIS |
| Version: | 1.1 | ||
- Title: MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-Min Swath 1000m
- Version: 1
- Creator: NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
- Publisher: L1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS)
- Release Date: 2019-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
10.5067/VIIRS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
https://doi.org/
- USER'S GUIDE: https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/viirs/SNPP_CloudOpticalPropertyContinuityProduct_UserGuide_v1.pdf, Product User's Guide
Collection Information
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Version Description
Version 1.1 Data - Search for granules from this collection
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Processing Level
2
- Quality https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/MVCM/Status.html
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Title: Publication reference title not provided
DOI: 10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
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ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Acquisition Information
Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| Aqua | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
Data Centers
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UWI-MAD/SSEC
ORIGINATORSpace Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS
PROCESSORMODIS Adaptive Processing System, Biospheric Information Systems Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/LAADS
DISTRIBUTORL1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System,Biospheric Information Systems Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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Data Contacts
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NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
Technical ContactNASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
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Space Science & Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin
Madison, 53706
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MODAPS USER SUPPORT TEAM
Technical ContactMODAPS USER SUPPORT TEAM
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MODAPS User Support Team
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code: 619
Greenbelt, 20771
800-596-8132
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NASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
Data Center ContactNASA VIIRS Atmosphere SIPS
UWI-MAD/SSECThis contact does not have any addresses listed.
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MODAPS USER SUPPORT TEAM
Data Center ContactMODAPS USER SUPPORT TEAM
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS-
MODAPS User Support Team
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code: 619
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
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MODAPS USER SUPPORT TEAM
InvestigatorMODAPS USER SUPPORT TEAM
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/LAADS-
MODAPS User Support Team
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code: 619
Greenbelt, 20771
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: NetCDF-4
Format Type: Native
Average File Size: 62.0 MB
Total Collection File Size Begin Date: 2002-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
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Format: NetCDF-4
Format Type: Native
Media: Online (HTTPS)
Average File Size: 62.0 MB
Total Collection File Size Begin Date: 2002-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
Fees: No Fee
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