ASDC | MI3MCDNF

MISR Level 3

Entry Title: MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Global Cloud public Product in netCDF covering a month V002

Entry ID: MI3MCDNF_002

Clouds

Description

MI3MCDNF_002 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Global Cloud public Product in netCDF covering a month version 2 data product. It is a global summary of the Level 1 and Level 2 cloud parameters of interest averaged over a month and reported on a geographic grid, it has multiple data layers, with varying temporal resolutions of 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree and 2.5 degree by 2.5 degree resolution. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

FIRSTLOOK processing uses the new time dependence of the Atmospheric and Surface Climatology (TASC) from the same month/previous year. The TASC data set now contains snow-ice and ocean surface wind speed values that are updated on a monthly basis. Therefore, these data sets cannot be generated until the end of the month. Products generated are distinguished by the presence of FIRSTLOOK in the file names. The MISR instrument consists of nine pushbroom cameras which measure radiance in four spectral bands. Global coverage is achieved in nine days. The cameras are arranged with one camera pointing toward the nadir, four cameras pointing forward, and four cameras pointing aftward. It takes seven minutes for all nine cameras to view the same surface location. The view angles relative to the surface reference ellipsoid, are 0, 26.1, 45.6, 60.0, and 70.5 degrees. The spectral band shapes are nominally Gaussian, centered at 443, 555, 670, and 865 nm.

MISR itself is an instrument designed to view Earth with cameras pointed in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, each piece of Earth's surface below is successively imaged by all 9 cameras, in each of 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is to improve our understanding of the affects of sunlight on Earth, as well as distinguish different types of clouds, particles and surfaces. Specifically, MISR monitors the monthly, seasonal, and long-term trends in three areas: 1) amount and type of atmospheric particles (aerosols), including those formed by natural sources and by human activities; 2) amounts, types, and heights of clouds, and 3) distribution of land surface cover, including vegetation canopy structure.

Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

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MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml)

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PROJECT HOME PAGE

MISR project home page

TERRA Overview

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR

ANOMALIES

ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record

DATA QUALITY

MISR Level 3 Component Products Quality Statement - December 1, 2005

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

ASDC Overview of MISR File Naming and Versioning Conventions
Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2023

MICRO ARTICLE

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

PUBLICATIONS

MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications

USER'S GUIDE

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook

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CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUDS

FIRSTLOOK

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

NetCDF-4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Longitude Resolution: 0.5 degree
Latitude Resolution: 0.5 degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 50 km - < 100 km or approximately .5 degree - < 1 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL LAND

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2007-06-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Monthly

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 2022-02-10