Description

UAEMRMLS_004 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Component Global Land Product covering a month subset for the UAE region version 4. It contains a statistical summary of directional hemispherical reflectance (DHR), photosynthetically active spectral region (DHR-PAR), DHR for near-infrared band (DHR-NIR), fractional absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR), DHR-based normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and land surface bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) model parameters. It is classified into six vegetated and one non-vegetated types. This data product is a regional summary of the Level 2 land/surface parameters of interest averaged over a month and reported on a geographic grid, with resolution of 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree. 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.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE

MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml)

GOTO WEB TOOL

Tool to identify MISR Paths/Blocks intersecting a specified lat/lon box

HOME PAGE

PROJECT HOME PAGE

MISR Mission Overview

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 CITATION GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

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

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Overview of MISR File Naming and Versioning Conventions
• ASDC webpage for MISR Regional UAE Imagery Overview
• ASDC webpage for MISR UAE Images
• Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2023
• UAE Local Mode Sites Table

MICRO ARTICLE

• 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.

PROCESSING HISTORY

• ASDC MISR Acquisition Schedule for UAE2

PRODUCT USAGE

• Data Product Specification for MISR Data Products
• Data Product Specification for Specific Products MISR Data Products
• Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Surface Product - Incorporating the Science Data Processing Interface Control Document
• MISR Science Data Product Guide - May 7, 2012

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index
• ASDC overview of MISR Level 3 Land Surface and Aerosol Versioning

PUBLICATIONS

• MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications

USER'S GUIDE

• Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook

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