SAFARI 2000 MAPSS MOD05_L2 Water Vapor Summary Data for Southern Africa

Description

The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Atmosphere Group develops remote sensing algorithms for deriving sets of atmospheric parameters from MODIS radiance data. These parameters can be integrated into conceptual and predictive global models. MODIS Atmosphere Products Subset Statistics (MAPSS) are generated over important locations around the world, as one of the ways to increase the scope of application of the MODIS atmospheric parameters. This MAPSS data set contains daily time series of the MODIS MOD05_L2 water vapor product over seventeen (17) AERONET sunphotometer measurement sites in southern Africa for the period February 24, 2000, through March 4, 2002. The process of generating the statistics involves identifying these locations on the MODIS MOD05_L2 product, extracting the values of the pixel corresponding to each coordinate point as well as surrounding pixels falling within a 50 x 50 km box centered on the coordinate point. The data product consists of column water-vapor amounts. During the daytime, a near-infrared algorithm is applied over clear land areas of the globe and above clouds over both land and ocean. Over clear ocean areas, water-vapor estimates are provided over the extended glint area. An infrared algorithm for deriving atmospheric profiles is also applied both day and night for Level 2. The data files are stored as ASCII tables in comma-separated-value (.csv) format. There is one file per site per year for each of the following two variables: total column precipitable water vapor (infrared retrieved) and total column precipitable water vapor (near-infrared retrieved).

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Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F815
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/safari2k/remote_sensing/mapss_modis_watervapor/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/S2K/guides/mapss_modis_watervapor.html
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/remote_sensing/mapss_modis_watervapor/comp/ATBD-MOD-03.pdf
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/safari_logo_square.png
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/815
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/remote_sensing/mapss_modis_watervapor/comp/mapss_modis_watervapor_readme.pdf

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  • infrared-wavelengths
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • ngda
  • spectral-engineering
  • earth-science

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