MISR Level 3 Cloud Motion Vector quarterly Product in netCDF format V002

Description

MI3QCMVN_002 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Cloud Motion Vector quarterly Product in netCDF format version 2 data product. It contains retrievals of cloud motion determined by geometrically triangulating the position and motion of cloud features observed by MISR from multiple perspectives and times during the overpass of the Terra platform over each cloud scene. Estimates of cloud motion are a valuable proxy observation of the horizontal atmospheric wind field at the retrieved altitude of the cloud. The seasons are winter (December from the previous year, January, and February), spring (March, April, and May), summer (June, July, and August), and fall (September, October, and November). Data collection for this product is ongoing. 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.

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Name Format Description Link
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fciting-data
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fguide%2Fmisr_ov2.pdf
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov%2F
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Fpge33b.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fspecific_products.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2F%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fmisr_dps_dps.pdf
33 DPS_Cloud_V001.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_Cloud_V001.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FASDC_MISR_Overview_2023.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fterra-maneuvers.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Findex.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_qual_stmts_current.pdf
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fpublications%2FpeerReviewed%2F
5 https://terra.nasa.gov%2Fabout%2Fterra-instruments%2Fmisr
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdata%2FMISR%2FMI3QCMVN.002%2F
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC194517135-LARC
5 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov%2Fspaceimages%2Fdetails.php%3Fid%3DPIA21927
5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1257%2FNASA_SOP_2005_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Drizzle.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FDPS_Cloud_V001.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2FDPS_CMV_V002.pdf
5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1240%2FNASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf
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://opendap.larc.nasa.gov%2Fopendap%2FMISR%2FMI3QCMVN.002%2Fcontents.html
5 https://doi.org%2F10.5067%2FTerra%2FMISR%2FMI3QCMVN_L3.002
5 https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov%2Fmisr_loc%2Fmisr_loc.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fquality_summaries%2FL3_CMV_Product.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fversion%2Ffile_descriptions.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fproject%2FMISR
5 https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fconduit%2Fupload%2F1194%2FNASA_SOP_2008_Aerosols_over_Australia.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fmisr_qual_stmts_new.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Fdps%2Fmisr_dps.pdf
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov%2Fdocuments%2Fmisr%2Ftools%2Fmisr_paths.kml
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fsearch%2Fgranules%3Fp%3DC3387017591-LARC_CLOUD
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fvirtual-directory%2Fcollections%2FC3387017591-LARC_CLOUD
21 misr_loc.html https://l0dup05.larc.nasa.gov/misr_loc/misr_loc.html
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
33 ASDC_MISR_Overview_2023.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/ASDC_MISR_Overview_2023.pdf
33 file_descriptions.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/file_descriptions.pdf
33 terra-maneuvers.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/terra-maneuvers.pdf
33 index.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/index.pdf
33 specific_products.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/dps/specific_products.pdf
33 misr_qual_stmts_current.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_qual_stmts_current.pdf
33 misr_dps.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/dps/misr_dps.pdf
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3387017591-LARC_CLOUD
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/MISR
33 misr_qual_stmts_new.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_qual_stmts_new.pdf
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://terra.nasa.gov/about/terra-instruments/misr
33 L3_CMV_Product.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/quality_summaries/L3_CMV_Product.pdf
33 misr_ov2.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/misr_ov2.pdf
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/
33 pge33b.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/pge33b.pdf
5 https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/publications/peerReviewed/
5 https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/virtual-directory/collections/C3387017591-LARC_CLOUD
5 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21927
33 DPS_CMV_V002.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_CMV_V002.pdf
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/MISR/MI3QCMVN.002/contents.html
33 NASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1240/NASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf
5 https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/45
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
33 MISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/MISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf
25 misr_paths.kml https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/tools/misr_paths.kml
5 MI3QCMVN_L3.002 https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI3QCMVN_L3.002
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
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3387017591-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115

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