Description

RICMIRCM_4 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 1A Radiometric Camera-by-camera Cloud Mask Product subset for the RICO region version 4. This file contains the Radiometric camera-by-camera Cloud Mask dataset over the RICO region. It is used during geophysical parameter retrievals to determine whether a scene is classified as clear or cloudy. A new parameter has been added to indicate dust over ocean. This version of the ESDT is used by MISR PGE 13. In the TOA/Cloud Product, RCCM is combined with stereoscopically derived cloud mask to 1) establish values of the Reflecting Level Reference Altitude, 2) determine how a scene is classified for choosing angular integration coefficients for establishing TOA albedos, and 3) calculate regional scene classifiers. Retrieval of Aerosol/Surface Product properties requires the absence of clouds, for retrieval assumptions to be valid.

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Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

GET RELATED VISUALIZATION

ASDC webpage for MISR Support of Field Campaigns

ASDC webpage for MISR RICO Images

PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE

TERRA Overview

PROJECT HOME PAGE

MISR project home page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

DATA QUALITY

• MISR Quality Statements - September 30, 2014
• MISR Quality Statements - September 30, 2014

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Overview of MISR File Naming and Versioning Conventions

PRODUCT USAGE

• Data Product Specification for MISR Data Products
• Data Product Specification for MISR V4.2 Software Delivery Updates - Revision P, November 19, 2007
• Data Product Specification for Specific Products MISR Data Products

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index

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.

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