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MISR Level 3 Products

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The MISR Level 3 Products are global or regional maps of select parameters from the Level 2 products and associated covariances reported on various geographic grids depending on the data product. Parameters from multiple orbits are combined to make complete Level 3 global maps at daily (D), monthly (M), quarterly (Q), and yearly (Y) time scales and regional maps associated with field campaigns at daily and monthly time scales.

New netCDF products: netCDF data were designed specifically to support the climate modeling community. These products are the same format as the HDF-EOS products except there is one file for each grid resolution. Example file name: MISR_AM1_CGCL_0_5_DEG_JUN_01_2003_F02_0020.nc

Level 3 optical depth example; Link to Level 3 imagery.

The MISR Level 3 Imagery provides easy access to images of select parameters within these products.
Data Set Name
(ESDT Shortname)
Order Data		 Maturity
(Definition) 		Documents Production
First Look (products ending in F): Initial data processed with apriori boundary conditions. Once actual conditions are obtained (about 3 months), the data are reprocessed to current product.
Global Products
Processing Status:
Production Report:
Component Global Georectified Radiance Product (CGGRP): radiances for each camera and band, associated covariances
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MIL3DRD, MIL3MRD, MIL3QRD, MIL3YRD, MI3DRDF, MI3MRDF
  • netCDF format (1 file per grid): MI3DRDNF, MI3MRDNF
 Stage 1 Validated
Component Global Land Surface Product (CGLS): average of Directional Hemispheric Reflectance (DHR), DHR Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), Fractional absorbed PAR, Leaf Area Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MIL3DLS, MIL3MLS, MIL3QLS, MIL3YLS, MI3DLSF, MI3MLSF
  • netCDF format (1 file per grid): MIL3DLSN, MIL3MLSN, MIL3QLSN, MIL3YLSN, MI3DLSNF, MI3MLSNF
 Provisional
Component Global Aerosol Product (CGAS): average aerosol optical depth
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MIL3DAE, MIL3MAE, MIL3QAE, MIL3YAE, MI3DAEF, MI3MAEF
  • netCDF format (1 file per grid): MIL3DAEN, MIL3MAEN, MIL3QAEN, MIL3YAEN, MI3DAENF, MI3MAENF
 Stage 2 Validated
Component Global Albedo Product (CGAL): local, restrictive, and expansive albedo reported on a 1° x 1° and a 5° x 5° grid and zonal average values
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MIL3DAL, MIL3MAL, MIL3QAL, MIL3YAL, MI3DALF, MI3MALF
  • netCDF format (1 file per grid): MIL3DALN, MIL3MALN, MIL3QALN, MIL3YALN, MI3DALNF, MI3MALNF
 Beta
Component Global Cloud Product (CGCL)
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MIL3DCLD, MIL3MCLD, MIL3QCLD, MIL3YCLD, MI3DCDF, MI3MCDF
  • netCDF format (1 file per grid): MI3DCLDN, MI3MCLDN, MI3QCLDN, MI3YCLDN, MI3DCDNF, MI3MCDNF
  
Regional Products
Component Global Radiance Regional Product: radiances for each camera and band for distinct regions associated with field campaigns
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MI3DRDR, MI3MRDR
 Stage 1 Validated
Component Global Land Regional Product: average of Directional Hemispheric Reflectance (DHR), DHR Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), Fractional absorbed PAR, Leaf Area Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for distinct regions associated with field campaigns
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MI3DLSR, MI3MLSR
 Provisional
Component Global Aerosol Regional Product: average aerosol optical depth for distinct regions associated with field campaigns
  • HDF-EOS format (1 file containing all grids): MI3DAER, MI3MAER
 Stage 2 Validated
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