MISR Level 3
Entry Title: MISR Level 3 Component Global Aerosol product in netCDF format covering a month V004
Entry ID: MIL3MAEN_004
Aerosols
Publications which Cite this Collection
Wei, Linyi; Lu, Zheng; Wang, Yong; Liu, Xiaohong; Wang, Weiyi; Wu, Chenglai; Zhao, Xi; Rahimi, Stefan; Xia, Wenwen; Jiang, Yiquan (2022). Black carbon-climate interactions regulate dust burdens over India revealed during COVID-19.
Iguchi, Takamichi; Matsui, Toshihisa; Tao, Zhining; Kim, Dongchul; Ichoku, Charles M.; Ellison, Luke; Wang, Jun (2021). NU-WRF Aerosol Transport Simulation over West Africa: Effects of Biomass Burning on Smoke Aerosol Distribution.
Zhao, Pengguo; Li, Zhanqing; Xiao, Hui; Wu, Fang; Zheng, Youtong; Cribb, Maureen C.; Jin, Xiaoai; Zhou, Yunjun (2020). Distinct aerosol effects on cloud-to-ground lightning in the plateau and basin regions of Sichuan, Southwest China.
Rahimi, Stefan; Liu, Xiaohong; Wu, Chenglai; Lau, William K.; Brown, Hunter; Wu, Mingxuan; Qian, Yun (2019). Quantifying snow darkening and atmospheric radiative effects of black carbon and dust on the South Asian monsoon and hydrological cycle: experiments using variable-resolution CESM.
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- NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- 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
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOLS
- AEROSOL EXTINCTION
- AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
- TURBIDITY
- PARTICULATES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- AIR QUALITY
- Cirrus Optical Depth
- Column Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)
- Stratospheric 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: 2000-02-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Month