ASDC | MIL3QLSN

MISR Level 3

Entry Title: MISR Level 3 Component Global Land seasonal product in netCDF format V004

Entry ID: MIL3QLSN_004

Radiation Budget

Description

MIL3QLSN_004 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Component Global Land seasonal product in netCDF format version 4 data product. It contains a statistical summary of directional hemispherical reflectance (DHR), photosynthetically active spectral region (DHR-PAR), DHR for near-infrared band (DHR-NIR), fractional absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR), DHR-based normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and land surface bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) model parameters. It is classified into six vegetated and one non-vegetated types. This data product is a global summary of relevant Level 2 land/surface parameters, averaged over a quarter (seasonal) and reported on a geographic grid, with resolution of 0.5 degree by 0.5 degree. The seasons are winter (December from previous year, January, February), spring (March, April, May), summer (June, July, August), and fall (September, October, November). Data collection for this product is ongoing. This collection contains Leaf Area Index (LAI).

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/MIL3QLSN_L3.004

Citation Styles for this Dataset

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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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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

PI DOCUMENTATION

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

MISR Level 3 Component Products Quality Statement - December 1, 2005

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index
ASDC overview of MISR Level 3 Land Surface and Aerosol Versioning

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:

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
VEGETATION INDEX > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
VEGETATION
CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI) > VEGETATION INDEX > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) > LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
REFLECTANCE
VEGETATION COVER
LAND USE/LAND COVER
ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION

Bidirectional Reflectance Factor (BRF)
Bihemispherical Reflectance
Directional Hemispherical Reflectance
Directional Reflectance Factor
Fractional Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR)
LAI (Leaf Area Index)
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR)
Radiant Exitance

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: 0.5 Degree
Latitude Resolution: 0.5 Degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL LAND

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2000-03-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Quarter (Seasonal)

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 2022-02-11