Description

RICMIAAE_002 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 2 Aerosol Product subset for the RICO region version 2. It contains Aerosol optical depth and particle type, with associated atmospheric data over the RICO region.

DOI

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE

MISR Paths Tool - Direct File Download (.kml)

GET RELATED VISUALIZATION

ASDC webpage for MISR Support of Field Campaigns

ASDC List of MISR Imagery and Articles

GOTO WEB TOOL

Google Earth

PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE

TERRA Overview

PROJECT HOME PAGE

NCAR UCAR EOL overview of the RICO Project

MISR project home page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

• NASA EOS ATB Documents: MISR

ANOMALIES

• ASDC Terra Spacecraft Loss of Accurate Orbit Data Record
• MISR V2.1.4 L2AS Detailed Release Description - September 27, 2001
• MISR V2.2 L2AS Detailed Release Description - April 15, 2002
• MISR V2.2_i6 L2AS Detailed Release Description - November 27, 2002

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• ASDC Data and Information for MISR
• ASDC Overview of MISR File Naming and Versioning Conventions
• Links to tools available through the ASDC
• MISR Observing Concept Fact Sheet
• Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Overview Fact Sheet

PI DOCUMENTATION

• MISR Workshop Presentations, June 2002 - August 2010
• Obtaining MISR Data and Information, Presented by Jeff Walter Atmospheric Science Data Center - April 17, 2009 - Direct File Download (.ppt)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

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

PRODUCT USAGE

• Data Product Specification for MISR Data Products
• Data Product Specification for MISR V4.2 Software Delivery Updates - Revision P, November 19, 2007
• Data Product Specification for Specific Products MISR Data Products
• Data Product Specification for the MISR Level 2Aerosol Product - Incorporating the Science Data Processing Interface Control Document
• MISR Science Data Product Guide - May 7, 2012

PRODUCTION HISTORY

• ASDC Overview of MISR Data Versioning Index

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

• Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Project Handbook
• Overview of MISR Data at the ASDC, 2023

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