MISR Level 3
Entry Title: MISR Level 3 Component Global Aerosol product in netCDF format covering a day V004
Entry ID: MIL3DAEN_004
Aerosols
Publications which Cite this Collection
Ge, Jinming; Li, Wenxue; Huang, Jianping; Mu, Qingyu; Li, Qinghao; Zhao, Qingyun; Su, Jing; Xie, Yongkun; Alam, Khan; Zhu, Zeen; Hu, Xiaoyu (2024). Dust Accelerates the Life Cycle of High Clouds Unveiled Through Strongly‐Constrained Meteorology.
Povey, Adam C.; Grainger, Roy G. (2015). Toward More Representative Gridded Satellite Products.
Resources and Documentation
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml)
GOTO WEB TOOL
Tool to identify MISR Paths/Blocks intersecting a specified lat/lon box
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION GUIDELINES
- MISR Level 3 Cloud Fraction by Altitude Product Quality Statement - January 04, 2018
- MISR Level 3 Component Products Quality Statement - December 1, 2005
- MISR Level 3 Joint Aerosol Product Quality Statement - October 15, 2012
DATA QUALITY
- ASDC Overview of MISR File Naming and Versioning Conventions
- Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2023
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- 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.
MICRO ARTICLE
- Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Component Global Aerosol Product - Incorporating the Science Data Processing Interface Control Document
- Data Product Specification for MISR Data Products
- Data Product Specification for Specific Products MISR Data Products
- MISR Science Data Product Guide - May 7, 2012
PRODUCT USAGE
- ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index
- ASDC overview of MISR Level 3 Land Surface and Aerosol Versioning
- MISR Level 3 Daily Production Report
- MISR Processing Status: Level 3 Aerosol/Land Surface Product
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications
PUBLICATIONS
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- PARTICULATES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- TURBIDITY
- AIR QUALITY
- AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL EXTINCTION
- AEROSOLS
- Cirrus Optical Depth
- Column Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)
- Stratospherical Aerosol Optical Depth
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-4
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Spatial Information
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
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2000-02-25 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Daily