ASDC | MIL2TCST

MISR Level 2

Entry Title: MISR Level 2 TOA/Cloud Stereo parameters V002

Entry ID: MIL2TCST_002

Clouds

Description

MIL2TCST_002 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 2 Top-of-Atmosphere (TOA)/Cloud Stereo parameters Version 2 data product. It contains the Stereoscopically Derived Cloud Mask (SDCM), cloud winds, Reflecting Level Reference Altitude (RLRA), with associated data. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

The MISR instrument consists of nine pushbroom cameras which measure radiance in four spectral bands. Global coverage is achieved in nine days. The cameras are arranged with one camera pointing toward the nadir, four cameras pointing forward, and four cameras pointing aftward. It takes seven minutes for all nine cameras to view the same surface location. The view angles relative to the surface reference ellipsoid, are 0, 26.1, 45.6, 60.0, and 70.5 degrees. The spectral band shapes are nominally Gaussian, centered at 443, 555, 670, and 865 nm.

MISR itself is an instrument designed to view Earth with cameras pointed in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, each piece of Earth's surface below is successively imaged by all 9 cameras, in each of 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is to improve our understanding of the affects of sunlight on Earth, as well as distinguish different types of clouds, particles and surfaces. Specifically, MISR monitors the monthly, seasonal, and long-term trends in three areas: 1) amount and type of atmospheric particles (aerosols), including those formed by natural sources and by human activities; 2) amounts, types, and heights of clouds, and 3) distribution of land surface cover, including vegetation canopy structure.

DOI

10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIL2TCST_L2.002

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR

ANOMALIES

ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record

DATA CITATION POLICY

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DATA QUALITY

MISR Quality Statements for Current Products

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

PI DOCUMENTATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

MISR Level 2 Cloud Product Quality Statement - September 14, 2012
MISR Level 2 Top-of-Atmosphere/Cloud Products Quality Statement - December 01, 2007

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index
ASDC overview of MISR Level 2 TOA/Cloud Versioning
MISR Level 2 Current Production Report

PUBLICATIONS

MISR Peer-Reviewed Publications

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Looking at the Moon to Better See Earth - Terra satellite performs manuver that allows all nine of MISR's camera to capture images of the moon.

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Squeezing Water from Rock - Survivors of the New Madrid earthquakes reported not only intense ground shaking and land movement, but also an unfamiliar phenomenon of water and sand spouting up through cracks in the Earth's surface.

NASA Earth Observatory Article: Tracking Clouds - Tune in to the evening weather report on any given day, and you'll no doubt see satellite images of clouds.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Aerosols over Australia - Researchers explore the links between atmospheric aerosols, climate change, and ultraviolet rays.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Cloudy with a chance of Drizzle - By analyzing data from the MISR instrument, scientists discover that a unique type of cloud formation is much more prevalent than was previously believed.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Following the World Trade Center plume - Remote sensing helps track the drift of harmful pollutants following the World Trade Center collapse.

NASA Earthdata Content Delivery Network (CDN) Article: Smoke over Athens - The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution.

NASA JPL Images: Tropical Storm Harvey over Texas - After making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane the day before, striking images are captured by MISR as the storm maintained a dangerous tropical storm status.

NASA JPL Photojournal: New Images of Irma's Towering Clouds - MISR passes over Irma over the Dominican Republic as a Category 5 hurricane.

USER'S GUIDE

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUDS
CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD PROPERTIES

Cloud Mask
Cloud Motion Parameters Calculated On A 70.4 Km Grid
Reflecting Level Reference Altitude On A 2.2 Km Grid
Stereoscopically-Derived Cloud Mask/Height On A 1.1 Km Grid

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF-EOS2

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Longitude Resolution: 1.1 km
Latitude Resolution: 1.1 km
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL LAND

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2000-02-24 - Present
Temporal Resolution: about 15 orbits/day

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

MISR

Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

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Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-07-09

Last updated on 2022-02-01