MISR Level 3 Global Joint Aerosol monthly product V002

Description

MIL3MJTA_2 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Global Joint Aerosol monthly product version 2 data product. It contains global statistical summaries of MISR Level 2 aerosol optical depth, on a 5 degree geographic grid. Within each grid cell, optical depth is summarized by a set of representative vectors, each representing a cluster of similar Level 2 aerosol optical depth retrievals. Data is summarized monthly. Data collection for this product is ongoing. 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. MISR itself is an instrument designed to view Earth with cameras pointed in 9 different directions. As the instrument fly’s overhead, each piece of Earth's surface below is successively imaged by all 9 cameras, in each of 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is to improve our understanding of the effects of sunlight on Earth, as well as 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd-category/45
21 Earthdata Search for MIL3MJTA_2 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1962111384-LARC
25 MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/tools/misr_paths.kml
33 Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2015 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/ASDC_MISR_Overview_2015.pdf
33 MISR Workshop Presentations, June 2002 - August 2010 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_workshop.pdf
33 Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/misr_ov2.pdf
21 NASA JPL Photojournal: New Images of Irma's Towering Clouds - MISR passes over Irma over the Dominican Republic as a Category 5 hurricane. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21945
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 DOI data set landing page for MIL3MJTA_2 https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MISR/MIL3MJTA.002
33 MISR Observing Concept Fact Sheet https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/observing_concept.pdf
33 MISR Level 3 Joint Aerosol Product Quality Statement - October 15, 2012 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/quality_summaries/L3_JOINT_AS_Product.pdf
36 Obtaining MISR Data and Information, Presented by Jeff Walter Atmospheric Science Data Center - April 17, 2009 - Direct File Download (.ppt) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/obtaining_misr_data.ppt
33 NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Smoke over Athens - The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1240/NASA_SOP_2009_Smoke_over_Athens.pdf
21 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. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/tracking
33 MISR Science Data Product Guide - May 7, 2012 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/guide/MISR_Science_Data_Product_Guide.pdf
33 Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Overview Fact Sheet https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/overview_misr.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FTERRA%2FMISR%2FMIL3MJTA.002
21 NASA Earthdata Forum - MISR Project Specific Forum https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/MISR
21 ASDC Data and Information for MISR https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/MISR
21 MISR project home page https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/
33 Data Product Specification for MISR V4.2 Software Delivery Updates - Revision P, November 19, 2007 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_v50_RevS.pdf
33 Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Joint AerosolProduct - Incorporating the Science Data Processing Interface Control Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/DPS_JOINT_AS_V001.pdf
21 MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications https://misr.jpl.nasa.gov/publications/peerReviewed/
21 Google Earth https://www.google.com/earth/
21 Links to tools available through the ASDC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/tools-and-services
21 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. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Earthquake
21 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. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA21927
21 ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/terra-maneuvers.html
21 ASDC overview of MISR Level 3 Joint Aerosol Versioning https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/pge15c.html
21 ASDC Overview of MISR File Naming and Versioning Conventions https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/file_descriptions.html
21 ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/version/index.html
21 MISR Quality Statements - September 30, 2014 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_qual_stmts_current.html
21 MISR Quality Statements - September 30, 2014 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/misr_qual_stmts_new.html
21 Data Product Specification for MISR Data Products https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/dps/dps.html
21 Data Product Specification for Specific Products MISR Data Products https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/dps/specific_products.html
21 ASDC List of MISR Imagery and Articles https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/misr/imagery.html
21 OPeNDAP data access for MIL3MJTA_2 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/MISR/MIL3MJTA.002/contents.html
33 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. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1187/NASA_SOP_2007_Following_the_World_Trade_Center_plume.pdf
33 NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Aerosols over Australia - Researchers explore the links between atmospheric aerosols, climate change, and ultraviolet rays. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1194/NASA_SOP_2008_Aerosols_over_Australia.pdf
33 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. https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/1257/NASA_SOP_2005_Cloudy_with_a_Chance_of_Drizzle.pdf
21 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. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90764/looking-at-the-moon-to-better-see-earth
21 TERRA Overview https://terra.nasa.gov/?section=60
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for MIL3MJTA_2 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/MISR/MIL3MJTA.002/

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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