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ATBDs & Plans

ATBD's & Plans

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QA Plan

MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 061
(includes Cloud Optical Property update)
 Version 9 (15 March 2017)
Hubanks, et.al  
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MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 006
(includes Deep Blue Aerosol, Atmosphere Profile, Cloud Top, Cloud Optical, & Cloud Mask updates)
 Version 8 (5 May 2015)
Hubanks, et.al  
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User's Guides

Cloud Optical Properties User's Guide for Collection 006
Final Version (v1, October 2015)
Platnick, King, Meyer, Wind, et. al  
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Cloud Mask User's Guide for Collection 005
Version 1.0 (2008)
Strabela  
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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents

  Aerosol (04_L2)

    Aerosol Product   (Updated February 2009)
    Remer, Tanre, Kaufman, Levy, & Mattoo, 2009:
    Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS for Collection 005: Revision 2
    Products: 04_L2. View the PDF Document

    Aerosol Product   (Updated July 2006)
    Remer, Tanre, Kaufman, Levy, & Mattoo, 2006:
    Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS for Collection 005
    Products: 04_L2. View the PDF Document

  Water Vapor (05_L2)

    Near-Infrared Water Vapor Product   (Updated November 1998)
    Gao & Kaufman, 1998:
    The MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Algorithm.
    Products: 05_L2. View the PDF Document

  Cloud (06_L2)

    Cloud Product - C6 Cloud Top Properties & Cloud Phase   (Updated May 2015)
    Menzel, Frey, Baum, 2015:
    Cloud Top Properties and Cloud Phase - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document.
    Products: 06_L2 (CT). View the PDF Document

    Cloud Product - C005/051 Cloud Optical Properties   (Updated January 1998)
    King, Tsay, Platnick, Wang, & Liou, 1998:
    Cloud Retrieval Algorithms for MODIS: Optical Thickness, Effective Particle Radius, and Thermodynamic Phase.
    Products: 06_L2 (OD). View the PDF Document


  Atmospheric Profile (07_L2)

    Atmospheric Profile Retrieval Product   (Updated April 2011)
    Borbas, Seemann, Kern, Moy, Li, Gumley, & Menzel   2011:
    MODIS Atmospheric Profile Retrieval - ATBD. (Collection 006)
    Products: 07_L2. View the PDF Document

    Atmospheric Profile Retrieval Product   (Updated October 2006)
    Seemann, Borbas, Li, Menzel & Gumley, 2006:
    MODIS Atmospheric Profile Retrieval - ATBD (Collection 005)
    Products: 07_L2. View the PDF Document

  Cloud Mask (35_L2)

    Cloud Mask Product   (Updated October 2010)
    Ackerman, Frey, Strabala, Liu, Gumley, Baum, & Menzel, 2010:
    Discriminating Clear-Sky from Cloud with MODIS - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document.
    Products: 35_L2. View the PDF Document

  Global Daily, Eight Day, Monthly (08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3)

    Level-3 Daily, 8-Day, & Monthly Products (C6)
    Hubanks, Platnick, King, and Ridgway, 2016:
    MODIS Atmosphere L3 Gridded Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document & Users Guide
    Products: 08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3 View the PDF Document



Validation Plan

MODIS Atmosphere Validation Plan.
King, Kaufman, Menzel, Tanre, & Gao, 2001:  
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