MISR Level 3 Cloud Fraction by Altitude Product covering a month V001

Description

MIL3MCFA_1 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Cloud Fraction by Altitude Product covering a month version 1. It provides the frequency of cloud occurrence partitioned into different cloud top height bins at a global and monthly scale with a latitude/longitude resolution of 0.5 degrees by 0.5 degrees and a vertical resolution of 500m. For each height bin, the frequency of a region's cloud occurrence over time is represented by the temporal mean of the spatial coverage of cloud tops. The spatial coverage of clouds is called cloud fraction, which is defined as the ratio of the number of cloudy pixels to the total number of cloudy and cloud-free pixels observed by the instrument. Clouds are assigned to height bins based on their top height, as the MISR stereoscopic technique retrieved. Data collection for this product is complete. 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 pointed in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, each piece of Earth's surface below is successively imaged by all nine cameras in 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is 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.

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5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fspecific_products.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Fpge30b.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Fpge30b.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FMISR%2FMIL3MCFA.001%2F
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5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FTerra%2FMISR%2FMIL3MCFA_L3.001
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FDPS-CFbA.cmm10_24July2019.pdf
5 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FMISR%2FMIL3MCFA.001%2Fcontents.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FDPS_CFbA.pdf
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/45
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2873772357-LARC_CLOUD
33 NASA_SOP_2007_Following_the_World_Trade_Center_plume.pdf https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1187/NASA_SOP_2007_Following_the_World_Trade_Center_plume.pdf
5 https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2FMISR%2Fmain.cgi
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Findex.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Ffile_descriptions.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Findex.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2F%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fmisr_dps_dps.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fquality_summaries%2FL3_CFbA_Product.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fguide%2Fmisr_ov2.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fdps.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fspecific_products.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_qual_stmts_current.html
5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1194%2FNASA_SOP_2008_Aerosols_over_Australia.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fterra-maneuvers.html
5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1257%2FNASA_SOP_2005_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Drizzle.pdf
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fpublications%2FpeerReviewed%2F
5 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fspaceimages%2Fdetails.php%3Fid%3DPIA21927
5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1187%2FNASA_SOP_2007_Following_the_World_Trade_Center_plume.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fguide%2FMISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov%2Fatbd-category%2F45
5 https://terra.nasa.gov%2Fabout%2Fterra-instruments%2Fmisr
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Ftools%2Fmisr_paths.kml
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FDPS_v42_RevP.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FASDC_MISR_Overview_2023.pdf
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5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fterra-maneuvers.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_qual_stmts_current.pdf
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5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1240%2FNASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf
5 https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov%2FMISR%2Fcgi-bin%2FMISR%2Fmain.cgi
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5 https://www.google.com%2Fearth%2F
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Ftools-and-services
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5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_workshop.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Foverview_misr.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fobtaining_misr_data.ppt
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC2873772357-LARC_CLOUD
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Fimages%2F90764%2Flooking-at-the-moon-to-better-see-earth
5 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fcatalog%2FPIA21945
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2FEarthquake
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov%2Ffeatures%2Ftracking
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Fpge30b.html
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5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Findex.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_qual_stmts_current.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_qual_stmts_new.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fspecific_products.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fimagery.html
5 https://terra.nasa.gov%2F%3Fsection%3D60
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov%2F
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FMISR
5 main.cgi https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov/MISR/cgi-bin/MISR/main.cgi
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/MISR
33 DPS-CFbA.cmm10_24July2019.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS-CFbA.cmm10_24July2019.pdf
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/MISR/MIL3MCFA.001/contents.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 DPS_CFbA.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_CFbA.pdf
33 L3_CFbA_Product.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/quality_summaries/L3_CFbA_Product.pdf
5 https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/MISR
5 MIL3MCFA_L3.001 https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIL3MCFA_L3.001
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/publications/peerReviewed/
5 https://www.google.com/earth/
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services
33 observing_concept.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/observing_concept.pdf
25 misr_paths.kml https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/tools/misr_paths.kml
33 ASDC_MISR_Overview_2015.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/ASDC_MISR_Overview_2015.pdf
33 MISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/MISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf
33 misr_workshop.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_workshop.pdf
33 overview_misr.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/overview_misr.pdf
33 misr_ov2.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/misr_ov2.pdf
5 obtaining_misr_data.ppt https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/obtaining_misr_data.ppt
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C2873772357-LARC_CLOUD
33 NASA_SOP_2008_Aerosols_over_Australia.pdf https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1194/NASA_SOP_2008_Aerosols_over_Australia.pdf
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90764/looking-at-the-moon-to-better-see-earth
5 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21945
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Earthquake
5 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/tracking
5 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21927
21 pge30b.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/pge30b.html
21 file_descriptions.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/file_descriptions.html
21 index.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/index.html
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21 misr_qual_stmts_new.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_qual_stmts_new.html
21 specific_products.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/dps/specific_products.html
33 DPS_v42_RevP.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_v42_RevP.pdf
21 imagery.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/imagery.html
5 https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
33 NASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1240/NASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf
33 NASA_SOP_2005_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Drizzle.pdf https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1257/NASA_SOP_2005_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Drizzle.pdf
21 terra-maneuvers.html https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/terra-maneuvers.html
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2873772357-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115

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  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-base-height
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-ceiling
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-height
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-fraction
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-top-height

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