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MISR Level 2 TOA/Cloud Versioning

MISR Level 2 Top of Atmosphere/Cloud Classifiers

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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