VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 daily, 1x1 deg. grid

Description

The VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 daily, 1x1 degree grid product is a new L3 CLDPROP COSP Cloud product with short-name CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20. It contains VIIRS NOAA-20 cloud mask, cloud top, and cloud optical retrieval data over daily timeframe. It provides a set of custom cloud-related parameters for better comparison with climate model output. The “COSP” acronym in the short-name stands for Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package. Provided in netCDF4 format, it contains 32 aggregated science data sets (SDS/parameters). Consult the CLDPROPCOSP User Guide for details regarding how the L3 daily statistics are computed, and to learn more about the gridding and sampling protocols specific to this product and a number of other topics germane to the user community. The collection of this product starts from February 17, 2018 and includes 365 granules each calendar year.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FMODIS%2FCLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20.011
21 The product landing page https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20.011
33 Daily MCD06COSP product User Guide https://atmosphere-imager.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/ModAtmo/documents/L3_MCD06COSP_UserGuide_v1.5.pdf
21 Search and order products from LAADS website. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20--5111
21 Direct access to CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20 data set. https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/5111/CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20/
21 Direct access to product's OPeNDAP directory https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/RemoteResources/laads/allData/5111/CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20/contents.html

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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