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MISR Level 2

Entry Title: MISR Level 2 FIRSTLOOK Aerosol parameters V002

Entry ID: MIL2ASAF_002

Aerosols

Description

MIL2ASAF_002 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 2 FIRSTLOOK Aerosol parameters version 2. It contains Aerosol optical depth and particle type, with associated atmospheric data, produced using ancillary inputs from the previous time period. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 2 Aerosol data products contain a variety of information on the Earth's atmosphere. The aerosol data include tropospheric aerosol optical depth on 17. 6-km centers, archived with a compositional model identifier and retrieval residuals, ancillary data including relative humidity, ozone optical depth, stratospheric aerosol optical depth and retrieval flags. MISR multi-angle imagery will be used to monitor global and regional trends inradiatively important to optical properties (optical depth, single scattering albedo, and size distribution) and amounts (mass loading) of natural and anthropogenic aerosols, including those arising from industrial and volcanic emissions, slash-and-burn agriculture, and desertification. Coupled with MISR's determinations of top-of-atmosphere and surface albedos, these data will provide a measure of the global aerosol forcing of the shortwave planetary radiation budget.

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.

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR

ANOMALIES

ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record

DATA QUALITY

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

PI DOCUMENTATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

MISR Level 2 Aerosol/Surface Products Quality Statement - July 01, 2014

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

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:

AEROSOL EXTINCTION
AIR QUALITY
PARTICULATES
TURBIDITY
AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES

Aerosol Compositional Model
Cirrus Optical Depth
Column Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)
Dew Point Temperature
Optical Depth
Related Parameters On A 17.6 Km Grid
Stratospheric Aerosol Optical Depth

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

NetCDF-4

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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 - 17.6 km
Latitude Resolution: 1.1 km - 17.6 km
Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2017-11-01 - Present

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Terra

Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

MISR

Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer

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Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-07-08

Last updated on 2022-01-31