MODIS/Terra 8-Day Clear Sky Radiance Bias Daily L3 Global 1Deg Zonal Bands

Description

The MODIS/Terra 8-Day Clear Sky Radiance Bias Daily L3 Global 1Deg Zonal Bands (MODCSR_B) product consists of 1-degree zonal mean clear-sky biases (observed minus calculated radiance differences) and associated statistics for bands 31 and 33-36 for each calendar day from the previous eight-day period. Zonal means (5-zone moving averages) are created from the eight-day, 25-km radiance differences for daytime land, nighttime land, and ocean data separately. Day and night land data are combined south of -60 degrees latitude due to poor clear-sky sampling and the difficulty of discriminating between clear and cloudy conditions in this region. The zonal mean biases are utilized to correct clear-sky radiance calculations in the cloud top pressure (CO2 slicing) algorithm. The files are in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Direct access to MODCSR_B C6.1 data set. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/61/MODCSR_B/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FMODIS%2FMODCSR_B.061
21 The product landing page https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MODCSR_B.061
21 Direct access to product's OPeNDAP directory https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/RemoteResources/laads/allData/61/MODCSR_B/contents.html
21 Search and order products from LAADS website. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/MODCSR_B--61

Tags

  • infrared-wavelengths
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • ngda
  • spectral-engineering
  • microwave
  • earth-science

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