ASDC | MI2TC_CMV_BFR_NRT

MISR Level 2

Entry Title: MISR Near Real Time (NRT) Level 2 Cloud Motion Vector parameters in BUFR format V001

Entry ID: MI2TC_CMV_BFR_NRT_001

Clouds

Description

MI2TC_CMV_BFR_NRT_001 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Near Real Time (NRT) Level 2 Cloud Motion Vector (CMV) parameters in BUFR format version 1 data product. It provides retrievals of the height-resolved cloud motion determined from two multi-angle image triplets, each spanning a 3. 5-minute window. The CMV product offers both Level 2 datasets available in NRT for rapid response applications such as numerical weather prediction and Level 3 datasets aggregating observations over longer time scales to facilitate climate studies. Level 2 NRT CMV datasets are distributed within three hours of satellite overflight as HDF or BUFR format files comprising data collected over a 10 to 50 minute observational session. Level 3 CMV product datasets are distributed as NetCDF format files comprising data collected over the course of a month, season, or year.

The MISR CMV product is closely related to the MISR Level 2 Cloud product. Level 3 MISR CMV product datasets consist of high quality subsets of CMVs reported in the operational Level 2 Cloud product. The Level 2 NRT CMV product is generated by the same sequence of algorithms as the operational Level 2 product and yields nearly equivalent results. Additional information on the performance of the Level 2 Cloud product can be found in MISR Level 2 Cloud Quality Statement. CMV product algorithms are detailed in two Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBDs), the Level 2 Cloud ATBD (pdf) and Level 3 CMV ATBD (pdf). The first describes the raw CMV retrieval and the second describes additional quality control procedures applied afterward for the CMV product. This document assesses the Level2 NRT CMV and Level 3 CMV products that share the same underlying algorithms and science content. It is composed of sections documenting expected CMV precision and accuracy, known differences between Level 2 and Level 3 CMV, and known limitations of each product.

DOI

10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI2TC_CMV_BFR_NRT_L2.001

Citation Styles for this Dataset

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ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

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ANOMALIES

ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record

DATA CITATION POLICY

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

PI DOCUMENTATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

MISR Cloud Motion Vector Quality Statement - September 30, 2014
MISR Level 2 Cloud Product Quality Statement - September 14, 2012

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index
MISR Near Real Time Production Report

PUBLICATIONS

MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Looking at the Moon to Better See Earth - Terra satellite performs manuver that allows all nine of MISR's camera to capture images of the moon.

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Squeezing Water from Rock - Survivors of the New Madrid earthquakes reported not only intense ground shaking and land movement, but also an unfamiliar phenomenon of water and sand spouting up through cracks in the Earth's surface.

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Tracking Clouds - Tune in to the evening weather report on any given day, and you'll no doubt see satellite images of clouds.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Aerosols over Australia - Researchers explore the links between atmospheric aerosols, climate change, and ultraviolet rays.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Cloudy with a chance of Drizzle - By analyzing data from the MISR instrument, scientists discover that a unique type of cloud formation is much more prevalent than was previously believed.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Following the World Trade Center plume - Remote sensing helps track the drift of harmful pollutants following the World Trade Center collapse.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Smoke over Athens - The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution.

NASA JPL Images: Tropical Storm Harvey over Texas - After making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane the day before, striking images are captured by MISR as the storm maintained a dangerous tropical storm status.

NASA JPL Photojournal: New Images of Irma's Towering Clouds - MISR passes over Irma over the Dominican Republic as a Category 5 hurricane.

USER'S GUIDE

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUDS
CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

BUFR

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL LAND

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2020-10-03 - Present
Temporal Resolution: 1 session (10-50 minutes)

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

MISR

Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

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Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-07-08

Last updated on 2022-02-15