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AQUA MODIS Level 1B 1km Radiance Data

Summary

This data set contains the NASA AQUA satellite Level 1B calibrated and geolocated radiances at aperature for all 36 MODIS spectral bands at 1km resolution. These data are in daily tar files that contain 5min swath HDF data files that are at least partially in the SOCRATES domain.

Archive note

This is a large dataset. Each daily tar file contains 1.5-2 Gb.

Data access

ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/552.025
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-03-30)
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "`Downloads`"
Related projects	SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	Satellite, NASA/EOS Aqua
Instruments	MODIS - Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
GCMD Science Keywords	INFRARED RADIANCE REFLECTED INFRARED VISIBLE RADIANCE Expand keywords
Documentation	M1054D_PUG_083112_final.pdf [1044 KiB] M1055_PDD_D_072712final.pdf [565 KiB] MYD021KM_V5.0.7.fs [127 KiB]
Related links	info: SOCRATES Missions info: MYD021KM.NRT.061

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2017-12-28 00:00:00
End datetime	2018-03-01 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: -1.79, Minimum (South) Latitude: -87.35
Minimum (West) Longitude: 43.44, Maximum (East) Longitude: -105.74

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2018. AQUA MODIS Level 1B 1km Radiance Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/552.025. Accessed 22 Nov 2019.

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