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MISR Level 2 TOA/Cloud Versioning

MISR Level 2 Top of Atmosphere/Cloud Classifiers

Processing Status

ESDT Product File Name Prefix Current Quality Designations
MIL2TCCL
MIL2TCCF
MISR_AM1_TC_CLASSIFIERS
  • Stage 2 Validated: Angular Signature Cloud Mask (ASCM) over ocean, RCCM/SDCM/ASCM (ice-free ocean) based classifiers
  • Stage 1 Validated: ASCM (Land), RCCM angle-by-angle cloud fractions, Altitude-based Scene Classifiers
  • Provisional: Support Vector Machine (SVM) Scene Classifiers,
  • Beta: Consensus cloud classifiers, SVM Cirrus Fraction
MISR maturity level definitions | Quality Summary

Ver. # Production
Start Date
Product Updates Quality Transition
Current
F05_0010
06/01/2007 Data Product Specification Rev P.

This version marks the beginning of FIRSTLOOK vs. FINAL processing.
New ASCM thresholds for snow-ice have been added, and original thresholds for snow-ice free surfaces have also been modified.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DCCAM_
    T<901-932>_F02_0005.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F02_0005.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_CBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F02_0005.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_TASC_<month>__<year>_F02_03.hdf
 
F05_0009 08/01/2006 Data Product Specification Rev N.

Removed deadband at equator in ASCM.
Improved Coarse Consensus Cloud Classifier.
SVM Cirrus Mask masked out over land.
Fixed normalization errors in Cloud Fractions.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_TC_CL_SCI_CONFIG_F03_0006.txt
 
F05_0008 02/21/2006 Data Product Specification Rev N.

Implemented Support Vector Machine (SVM) Scene Classifiers and Cirrus Mask.
New seasonal thresholds (land) for ASCM.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_SVM_F01_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DCCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0004.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0004.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_CBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0004.hdf
  • Provisional: SVM Scene Classifiers
  • Beta: SVM Cirrus Fraction
F05_0007 12/01/2005 The TC_STEREO data corresponding to this version number contains errors which affect the results. See Quality Statement for details.
Use with caution!
 
F04_0006 05/13/2005 Data Product Specification Rev M.

New seasonal thresholds (land and ocean) for ASCM.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DCCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0003.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0003.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_CBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0003.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_CSSC_F01_05.hdf
  • Stage 2 Validated:ASCM (ocean including sea-ice)
  • Stage 1 Validated:ASCM (land including snow-ice)
F04_0005 11/28/2004 Data Product Specification Rev L.

New seasonal ocean thresholds for ASCM, consensus cloud classifiers implemented, removed visual discontinuities in ASCM.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_TC_CL_SCI_CONFIG_F03_0004.txt
  • MISR_AM1_PGE8B_PCS_CONFIG_F03_0004.txt
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DCCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0002.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_DBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0002.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_(WIN,SPR,SUM,FALL)_CBCAM_
    T<901-932>_F01_0002.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_CSSC_F01_04.hdf
  • Stage 1 Validated: SDCM (all surface types), RCCM (ocean) classifiers, altitude-based classifiers
  • Provisional:RCCM (land) classifiers
  • Beta: Consensus cloud classifiers
F03_0004 02/04/2004 Data Product Specification Rev J.

Radiometric errors corrected.

 
F03_0003 12/08/2003

All version F03_0003 files covering orbits 15707-16930 and 21023-21823 were removed from the archive because they were processed with radiometric errors.
Do not use!

 
F03_0003 08/13/2003 Data Product Specification Rev J.

Angular Signature Cloud Mask implemented. Block Center Times for AN camera added to product.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_TC_CL_SCI_CONFIG_F02_0003.txt
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_DCCAM_F01_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_DBCAM_F01_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCT_BDAS_CBCAM_F01_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCI_BDAS_DCCAM_F01_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCI_BDAS_DBCAM_F01_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ASCI_BDAS_CBCAM_F01_0001.hdf
  • Provisional: ASCM
F02_0002 11/12/2002 Data Product Specification Rev G.

BestWinds versions of Stereo Heights are now used in the cloud classifiers. Level 1 Orbit-QA flag added to file.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_TC_CL_SCI_CONFIG_F01_0001.txt
  • Stage 1 Validated: SDCM (ocean) -based, RCCM (ocean)-based Classifiers
F01_0001 04/15/2002 Data Product Specification Rev D.

No software change. The quality designation of some of the Cloud Classifiers fields was changed as a result of improvements in the quality of the Stereo Heights input.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_TC_CL_SCI_CONFIG_F01_0001.txt
  • Provisional: SDCM-based Classifiers
Baseline:
F01_0001
12/03/2001 Data Product Specification Rev D.

Initial baseline for Level 2 TC Classifiers public release. Does not include ASCM (Angular Signature Cloud Mask) fields.

New ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_TC_CL_SCI_CONFIG_F01_0001.txt
Baseline ancillary files:
  • MISR_AM1_ARP_INFLTCAL_T006_F02_0001.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ARP_CONFIG_F02_0002.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ARP_PRFLTCAL_F02_0004.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_ARP_PRFLTCHAR_F02_0002.hdf
  • MISR_AM1_AGP_Pxxx_F01_24.hdf
  • Beta: all parameters

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