MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km

Description

The MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km product is designed to facilitate continuity in cloud properties between the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on the Aqua and Terra platforms and the series of VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instruments, beginning with the Suomi NPP spacecraft. To establish continuity, this MODIS Cloud Properties product does not use algorithms identical to those used in the standard MODIS product (MOD06/MYD06). The product consists of cloud optical and physical parameters derived using observations in visible through infrared spectral channels. MODIS infrared channels that are common with VIIRS are primarily used to derive cloud-top temperature, cloud-top height, effective emissivity, an infrared cloud phase product (ice vs. water, opaque vs. non-opaque), and cloud fraction under both daytime and nighttime conditions. The MODIS solar reflectances channels are primarily used to derive cloud optical thickness, particle effective radius, water path, and to inform the phase used in the optical retrievals. The MODIS Cloud Properties product is a Level-2 product generated at 1 km (at nadir) spatial resolution. The current version-1.1 of the Level-2 CLDPROP product collection is corrected to address an issue with the cloud optical properties’ thermodynamic phase that caused erroneous liquid water cloud phase results.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search and order products from LAADS website. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua--5110
21 Direct access to CLDPROP_L2_VIIRS_SNPP data set. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/5111/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua/
21 Product DOI landing page https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
33 Product User's Guide https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/viirs/SNPP_CloudOpticalPropertyContinuityProduct_UserGuide_v1.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FVIIRS%2FCLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua.011
21 Direct link to Collection's OPeNDAP directory https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/RemoteResources/laads/allData/5111/CLDPROP_L2_MODIS_Aqua/contents.html

Tags

  • infrared-wavelengths
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • visible-wavelengths
  • atmosphere
  • ngda
  • spectral-engineering
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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