ASDC | UAEMRMRD

MISR Level 3

Entry Title: MISR Level 3 Component Global Radiance Product covering a month subset for the UAE region V005

Entry ID: UAEMRMRD_005

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

UAEMRMRD_005 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Component Global Radiance Product covering a month subset for the UAE region version 5. It contains a summary of spectral top-of-atmosphere Bidirectional Reflectance Factor for various subregion classifications and a summary of spectral expansive albedos for several sky classifications. This data product is a regional summary of the Level 1 radiance parameters of interest averaged over a month and reported on a geographic grid, with a resolution of 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree.

The MISR instrument consists of nine push-broom cameras that 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 forward, and four 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 is designed to view Earth with cameras in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, all nine cameras successfully imaged each piece of Earth's surface below in 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). MISR aims to improve our understanding of the effects of sunlight on Earth and 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.

DOI

10.5067/TERRA/MISR/UAEMRMRD.005

Citation Styles for this Dataset

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
Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2023
UAE Local Mode Sites Table

MICRO ARTICLE

PROCESSING HISTORY

ASDC MISR Acquisition Schedule for UAE2

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index
ASDC Overview of MISR Level 3 Radiance Versioning

PUBLICATIONS

MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications

USER'S GUIDE

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook

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Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF-EOS2

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2004-07-01 - 2004-08-01

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

MISR

Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

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Metadata Dates

Last updated on 2019-04-16