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| Name Sort descending | Description | File Type | Date Published | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Cloud Motion Vector Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Cloud Motion Vector Product | PDF (972.92 kb) | Sept. 2, 2014 | |
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Cloud Top Height-Optical Depth Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Cloud Top Height-Optical Depth Product | PDF (5.7 mb) | Oct. 3, 2019 | |
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2 Aerosol Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2 Aerosol Product | PDF (16.28 mb) | Jan. 25, 0218 | |
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2 Cloud Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2 Cloud Product | PDF (1.25 mb) | April 26, 2012 | |
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2 Land Surface Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2 Land Surface Product | PDF (13.81 mb) | Jan. 25, 2018 | |
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Surface Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Surface Product | PDF (7.8 mb) | Jan. 25, 2018 | |
| Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Joint Aerosol Product | Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 3 Joint Aerosol Product | PDF (1004.73 kb) | Oct. 30, 2012 | |
| Data Product Specifications | Data Product Specifications for all MISR products. | PDF (33.98 mb) | Nov. 29, 2007 | |
| Data Product Specifications | Detailed file format descriptions for various MISR data products. | PDF (970.54 kb) | July 25, 2024 | |
| Data Products Specifications | Data Products Specifications | PDF (27.7 mb) | April 15, 2011 | |
| Data Products Specifications for the MISR Level 2 Classifiers Product | Data Products Specifications for the MISR Level 2 Classifiers Product | PDF (1.01 mb) | June 25, 2014 | |
| Data Products Specifications for the MISR Cloud Fraction by Altitude Product | The DPS_CFbA.pdf is an earlier version of the JPL Data Products Specification document (JPL D-92238, dated September 4, 2014) that describes the format and data fields of the MISR Level 3 Cloud Fraction by Altitude (CFbA) product, which reports the frequency of cloud occurrence in 500 m cloud top height bins on a global 0.5° × 0.5° grid, including additional fields such as nearest-neighbor interpolated cloud fractions and their standard deviations. | PDF (386.86 kb) | Sept. 4, 2014 | |
| Data Products Specifications for the MISR Cloud Fraction by Altitude Product Revision B | The DPS-CFbA.cmm10_24July2019.pdf is a Data Products Specification document from JPL that describes the format and contents of the MISR Level 3 Cloud Fraction by Altitude (CFbA) product, which provides the frequency of cloud occurrence partitioned into cloud top height bins (at 500 m vertical resolution) on a global 0.5° × 0.5° latitude/longitude grid at daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly temporal scales, using cloud top heights retrieved by the MISR stereoscopic technique. | PDF (4.87 mb) | July 24, 2019 | |
| Data Quality Statement for the MISR Level 2 Aerosol Produc | Data Quality Statement for the MISR Level 2 Aerosol Produc | PDF (7.66 mb) | Feb. 7, 2018 | |
| Data Quality Statement for the MISR Level 2 Aerosol Product | PDF (2.17 mb) | April 30, 2021 | ||
| Development of GHRSST L2Pcore for MODIS (PDF) | Development of GHRSST L2Pcore for MODIS | PDF (1.19 mb) | March 31, 2006 | |
| Development of GHRSST L2Pcore for MODIS (PPT) | Development of GHRSST L2Pcore for MODIS | PPT (1.36 mb) | Nov. 16, 2005 | |
| Discover and Access NASA's Near Real-Time Global Flood Products | This presentation provides an introduction to NASA's near real-time global flood products available through NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation. Information about how to discover, access, and use these NRT products is also provided. | PDF (16.77 mb) | Sept. 17, 2025 | |
| Global Processing of MODIS for Operational SST, Ocean Color, and GHRSST (PDF) | Global Processing of MODIS for Operational SST, Ocean Color, and GHRSST | PDF (1.01 mb) | May 30, 2007 | |
| Global Processing of MODIS for Operational SST, Ocean Color, and GHRSST (PPT) | Global Processing of MODIS for Operational SST, Ocean Color, and GHRSST | PPT (2.73 mb) | Dec. 1, 2005 | |
| GOMACCS Local Mode Sites | Path and Block sites for GOMACCS locations Cameron LA, Gulf Shelf E, Gulf Shelf W, Houston, and La Copita | PDF (90.37 kb) | March 24, 2021 | |
| High Resolution MODIS Ocean Color | High Resolution MODIS Ocean Color | PPT (1.63 mb) | April 5, 2006 | |
| Maturity Level Definitions | Maturity Level Definitions | PDF (62.28 kb) | March 25, 2021 | |
| MISR Aerosol Climatology Product Quality Statement | Here is a description of the document: This document is a Quality Statement for the MISR Aerosol Climatology Product (ACP), dated December 1, 2007, authored by Ralph Kahn and Michael Bull. It describes the ACP, which is a key input to the MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) aerosol retrieval algorithm. The ACP defines mixtures of up to three component aerosol types—characterized by particle size (small, medium, large), single-scattering albedo (dirty, clean), and shape (spherical, nonspherical)—that are compared against observed radiances to retrieve aerosol optical depth. The product consists of three parts: the Aerosol Physical and Optical Properties (APOP) file describing individual aerosol components, the Aerosol Mixture file specifying component mixtures, and the Aerosol Clim-Likely file providing a global monthly climatology of aerosol amount and type. The statement highlights major changes, known problems, and limitations in the product version, including updates to dust models, revised particle size thresholds, and the removal of fields related to particle hydration state. |
PDF (130.58 kb) | Dec. 1, 2007 | |
| MISR ARCTAS Images | This document is a daily image catalog for the MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) instrument in support of the ARCTAS (Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites) campaign during 2008. It is organized as a tabular index of MISR observations over several Arctic and sub-Arctic sites—including Cold Lake, Great Slave Lake, Fairbanks, and NSA Barrow—spanning from April through July 2008. For each observation date, the document lists the orbit number, orbital path, and target site, along with links to downloadable imagery in JPEG and TIFF formats across multiple data products: standard-resolution nadir and 70° aft camera images, local-mode full-resolution nadir and aft camera images, aerosol optical depth maps at 17.6 km resolution, stereo height retrievals at 1.1 km resolution, and composite images. The catalog also notes where data were unavailable or where no local mode acquisitions occurred for a given overpass. | PDF (923.47 kb) | Aug. 20, 2024 |
Terra Learning Resources
Learn how to access and use Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Vegetation Indices data.
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Learn how to access and use Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Vegetation Indices data.
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Learn how to interpret and utilize quality information within Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire data.
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April 5, 2017
Learn how to use Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire data, interpret fire masks, and visualize data.
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April 5, 2017
Learn how to access Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Anomalies and Fire data via Earthdata Search, covering product details and download steps.
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A new metadata project makes NASA's Earth data easier to find and access through federal open science portals.
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