AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
MODIS/Aqua L3 Value-added Aerosol Optical Depth - NRT

MODIS was launched aboard the Terra satellite on December 18, 1999 (10:30 am equator crossing time) as part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) mission. MODIS with its 2330 km viewing swath width provides almost daily global coverage. It acquires data in 36 high spectral resolution bands between 0.415 to 14.235 micron with spatial resolutions of 250m(2 bands), 500m(5 bands),and 1000m (29 bands). MODIS sensor counts, calibrated radiances, geolocation products and all derived geophysical atmospheric and ocean products are archived at various DAACs and has been made available to public since April 2000. The shortname for this level-3 MODIS aerosol product is MYDAODHD. The Naval Research Laboratory and the University of North Dakota developed this value-added aerosol optical depth dataset based on MODIS Level 2 aerosol products. The MYDAODHD is a gridded product and is specifically designed for quantitative applications including data assimilation and model validation. It is available through LANCE-MODIS. It offers several enhancements over the MODIS Level 2 data on which it is based. These enhancements include stringent filtering to reduce outliers, eliminate cloud contamination, and exclude conditions where aerosol detection is likely to be inaccurate; reduction of systematic biases over land and ocean by empirical corrections; reduction of random variation in AOD values by spatial averaging; quantitative estimation of uncertainty for each AOD data point. The MxDAODHD granules are produced every six hours, and time-stamped 00:00, 06:00, 12:00, and 18:00 (all times UTC). Each granule includes MODIS observations from +/-3 hours from the timestamp (e.g. 12:00 product includes MODIS data from 09:00-15:00 UTC). Production is initiated as soon as the Level 2 inputs become available in the LANCE system. See the LANCE-MODIS page for more dataset information: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/modis-nrt

Tags: earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-backscatter, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-extinction, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness-angstrom-exponent, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-particle-properties, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-radiance, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-carbonaceous-aerosols, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-cloud-condensation-nuclei, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-dust-ash-smoke, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-nitrate-particles, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-organic-particles, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-particulate-matter, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-sulfate-particles, earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-radiative-flux, earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-reflectance
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua Gross Primary Productivity 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061

The MYD17A2H Version 6.1 Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) product is a cumulative 8-day composite of values with 500 meter (m) pixel size based on the radiation use efficiency concept that can be potentially used as inputs to data models to calculate terrestrial energy, carbon, water cycle processes, and biogeochemistry of vegetation. The Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data product includes information about GPP and Net Photosynthesis (PSN). The PSN band values are the GPP minus the Maintenance Respiration (MR). The data product also contains a PSN Quality Control (QC) layer. The quality layer contains quality information for both the GPP and the PSN. Known Issues * For complete information about known issues please refer to the [MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website](https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/knownissue?sensor=MODIS&sat=Aqua&as=61). Improvments/Changes from Previous Version * The Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 - 2017. * A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB). * The product uses Climatology LAI/FPAR as back up to the operational LAI/FPAR.

Tags: earth-science-ecological-dynamics-biosphere-ecosystem-functions-photosynthesis, earth-science-ecological-dynamics-biosphere-ecosystem-functions-primary-production
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Meteorology (OTTER)

Meteorology data collected on an hourly basis from stations located near the OTTER sites in 1990 and summarized to monthly data.

Tags: earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-solar-radiation, earth-science-atmospheric-temperature-atmosphere-surface-temperature-air-temperature, earth-science-atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere-water-vapor-indicators-water-vapor, earth-science-precipitation-atmosphere-precipitation-amount, earth-science-soils-agriculture-soil-temperature, earth-science-soils-land-surface-soil-temperature
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua Dark Target Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10 km

The MODIS/Aqua Dark Target Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10 km product, short-name XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua is provided at 10-km spatial resolution (at-nadir) and a 5-minute cadence that typically yields about 140 granules over the daylit hours of a 24-hour period. The Aqua/MODIS L2 collection record spans from January 2019 through December 2022. The XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua product is a part of the Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO)–Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Dark Target Aerosol project under NASA’s Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, led by Robert Levy, uses a special version of the MODIS Dark Target (DT) aerosol retrieval algorithm to produce Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and other aerosol parameters derived independently from seven sensor/platform combinations, where 3 are in GEO and 4 are in LEO. The 3 GEO sensors include Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI) on both GOES-16 (GOES-East) and GOES-17 (GOES-West), and Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) on Himawari-8. The 4 LEO sensors include MODIS on both Terra and Aqua, and VIIRS on both Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20. Adding the LEO sensors reinforces a major goal of this project, which is to render a consistent science maturity level across DT aerosol products derived from both types and sources of orbital satellites. The XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua product, in netCDF4 format, contains 45 Science Data Set (SDS) layers that include 8 geolocation and 37 geophysical SDSs. For more information consult LAADS product description page at: https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/XAERDT_L2_MODIS_Aqua Or, Dark Target aerosol team Page at: https://darktarget.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Tags: earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness-angstrom-exponent, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-particle-properties
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua L2G Daytime Pointers, Daily 250m NRT

The MODIS/Aqua L2G Daytime Pointers, Daily 250m Near Real Time (NRT) product, short name MYDPTQKM, stores information about the spatial relationship between each sensor observation and output grid cell. MYDPTQKM files are used as input to higher-level products such as MODIS Surface Reflectance. Geometric information for each sensor observation is stored on a geolocated grid with Level-2 geophysical parameters stored as Level-2G gridded products. The multiple observations stored in the L2G grids are examined by the Level-3 processes to extract only the most relevant observations per grid cell.

Tags: earth-science-sensor-characteristics-spectral-engineering-viewing-geometry
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Fields 1km 5-Min 1A Narrow Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC03S0) at GES DISC

This is the narrow-swath MODIS/Aqua subset along CloudSat field of view track. The goal of the narrow-swath subset is to select and return MODIS data that are within +-5 km across the CloudSat track. I.e. the resultant MODIS subset swath is about 10 km cross-track. Thus, MAC03S0 cross-track width is 11 pixels. Along-track, all MODIS pixels from the original product are preserved. In the standard product, geolocation fields are calculated for each 1 km MODIS Instantaneous Field of Views (IFOV) for all orbits daily. The locations and ancillary information corresponds to the intersection of the centers of each IFOV from 10 detectors in an ideal 1 km band on the Earth's surface. A digital terrain model is used to model the Earth's surface. The main inputs are the spacecraft attitude and orbit, the instrument telemetry and the digital elevation model. The geolocation fields include geodetic Latitude, Longitude, surface height above geoid, solar zenith and azimuth angles, satellite zenith and azimuth angles, and a land/sea mask for each 1 km sample. Additional information is included in the header to enable the calculation of the approximate location of the center of the detectors of any of the 36 MODIS bands. This product is used as input by a large number of subsequent MODIS products, particularly the products produced by the Land team. (The shortname for this product is MAC03S0).

Tags: earth-science-platform-characteristics-spectral-engineering-attitude-characteristics, earth-science-platform-characteristics-spectral-engineering-orbital-characteristics, earth-science-sensor-characteristics-spectral-engineering-viewing-geometry, earth-science-topography-land-surface-terrain-elevation
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua CLD Mask Spect. Results 250m and 1km 5-Min L2 Wide Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC35S1) at GES DISC

This is the wide-swath MODIS/Aqua subset along CloudSat field of view track. The goal of the wide-swath subset is to select and return MODIS data that are within +-100 km across the CloudSat track. I.e. the resultant MODIS subset swath is sought to be about 200 km cross-track. Geolocations in the original product, however, are subsampled at 5-km, and thus the crosss-track width of the subset geolocations is 41 pixels. The subset Cloud Mask has 201 pixels across-track. However, some of the Cloud Mask information is at bit level, thus allowing storing actually 250-m information in seemingly 1-km pixels. This is achieved by reserving 2 bytes (the last two out of six) of every 1-km pixel as 16 yes/no-cloud bits. Each one of these 16 bits flags a corresponding 250-m tile inside the 1-km pixel. Their state is described in the local attributes to the Cloud_Mask HDF data set, and accordingly must be interprated as 0=YES, 1=NO. Thus the effective cross-track width, for these two bytes only, is 804 tiles of 250-m denomination. Along-track, all MODIS pixels from the original product are preserved. In the standard product, the MODIS level-2 cloud mask product is a global product generated for both daytime & nighttime conditions at 1-km spatial resolution (at nadir) and for daytime at 250-m resolution. The algorithm employs a series of visible and infrared threshold and consistency tests to specify confidence levels that an unobstructed view of the Earth's surface is observed. An indication of shadows affecting the scene is also provided. The 250-m cloud mask flags are based on the visible channel data only. Radiometrically accurate radiances are required, so holes in the cloud mask will appear wherever the input radiances are incomplete or of poor quality. The shortname for this Level-2 MODIS cloud mask product is MYD35_L2 and the principal investigator for this product is MODIS scientist Dr. Paul Menzel (paulm@ssec.wisc.edu). (The shortname for this product is MAC35S1).

Tags: earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-base-pressure, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-frequency, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-top-pressure
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 monthly, 1x1 deg. grid

The MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid product is a new L3 CLDPROP COSP Cloud product with short-name CLDPROPCOSP_M3_MODIS_Aqua. It contains MODIS Aqua cloud mask, cloud top, and cloud optical retrieval data over monthly timeframe. It provides a set of custom cloud-related parameters for better comparison with climate model output. The “COSP” acronym in the short-name stands for Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package. Provided in netCDF4 format, it contains 32 aggregated science data sets (SDS/parameters). Consult the CLDPROPCOSP User Guide for details regarding how the L3 daily statistics are computed, and to learn more about the gridding and sampling protocols specific to this product and a number of other topics germane to the user community. The collection of this product starts from August 1, 2002 and includes 12 granules each calendar year.

Tags: earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-condensation-nuclei, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-droplet-concentration-size, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-liquid-water-ice, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-precipitable-water, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-frequency, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-height, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-top-pressure, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-vertical-distribution
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km

The MODIS/Aqua Cloud Properties 5-min L2 Swath 1km product is designed to facilitate continuity in cloud properties between the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on the Aqua and Terra platforms and the series of VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instruments, beginning with the Suomi NPP spacecraft. To establish continuity, this MODIS Cloud Properties product does not use algorithms identical to those used in the standard MODIS product (MOD06/MYD06). The product consists of cloud optical and physical parameters derived using observations in visible through infrared spectral channels. MODIS infrared channels that are common with VIIRS are primarily used to derive cloud-top temperature, cloud-top height, effective emissivity, an infrared cloud phase product (ice vs. water, opaque vs. non-opaque), and cloud fraction under both daytime and nighttime conditions. The MODIS solar reflectances channels are primarily used to derive cloud optical thickness, particle effective radius, water path, and to inform the phase used in the optical retrievals. The MODIS Cloud Properties product is a Level-2 product generated at 1 km (at nadir) spatial resolution. The current version-1.1 of the Level-2 CLDPROP product collection is corrected to address an issue with the cloud optical properties’ thermodynamic phase that caused erroneous liquid water cloud phase results.

Tags: earth-science-clouds-atmosphere, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-fraction, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-frequency, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-height, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-top-height, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-properties-cloud-top-temperature, earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-radiative-transfer-cloud-emissivity, earth-science-infrared-wavelengths-spectral-engineering-infrared-radiance, earth-science-infrared-wavelengths-spectral-engineering-reflected-infrared, earth-science-visible-wavelengths-spectral-engineering-visible-radiance
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath Subset 10km along MLS V002 (MAM04S0) at GES DISC

This is the MODIS/Aqua subset along MLS field of view track. The goal of the subset is to select and return MODIS data that are within +-100 km across the MLS track. I.e. the resultant MODIS subset swath is sought to be about 200 km cross-track. However, the original MYD04_L2 has 10-km pixels. Thus, MAM04S0 cross-track width is 21 pixels, and the resultant cross-track swath width is about 200 km. Along-track, all MODIS pixels from the original product are preserved. In the stardard product, the MODIS level-2 atmospheric aerosol product provides retrieved ambient aerosol optical properties (e.g., optical thickness and size distribution), mass concentration, look-up table derived reflected and transmitted fluxes, as well as quality assurance and other ancillary parameters, globally over ocean and near globally over land. (The shortname for this product is MAM04S0).

Tags: earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-backscatter, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-extinction, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-optical-depth-thickness, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-particle-properties, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-aerosol-radiance, earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-cloud-condensation-nuclei, earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-radiative-flux
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MISR Level 1B2 Local Mode Ellipsoid Radiance Data subset for the UAE region V002

Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) 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 fate of sunlight in Earth environment, 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. MISR Level 1B2 Local Mode Ellipsoid Radiance Data subset for the UAE region V002 contains the ellipsoid projected TOA parameters for the single local mode scene, resampled to WGS84 ellipsoid.

Tags: earth-science-visible-wavelengths-spectral-engineering
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MISR Level 3 Component Global Albedo product covering a quarter (seasonal) V006

MIL3QAL_006 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Component Global Albedo product covering a quarter (seasonal) version 6 data product. It contains a statistical summary of column albedo 555-nanometer optical depth and a monthly aerosol compositional type frequency histogram. This data product is a global summary of relevant Level 2 albedo parameters, averaged over a quarter and reported on a geographic grid, it has multiple data layers, with varying temporal resolutions of 1 degree by 1 degree and 5 degrees by 5 degrees. The seasons are winter (December from the previous year, January, February), spring (March, April, May), summer (June, July, August), and fall (September, October, November). Data collection for this product is ongoing. The MISR instrument consists of nine push-broom cameras that 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 forward, and four 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 is 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 nine cameras in 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is to improve our understanding of the effects of sunlight on Earth and 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.

Tags: earth-science-air-quality-atmosphere-particulates, earth-science-air-quality-atmosphere-turbidity, earth-science-atmospheric-radiation-atmosphere-albedo
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MODIS/Terra Net Primary Production Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006

The MOD17A3H Version 6 data product was decommissioned on July 31, 2023. Users are encouraged to use the [MOD17A3HGF Version 6.1](https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3HGF.061) data product. The MOD17A3H Version 6 product provides information about annual Net Primary Production (NPP) at 500 meter (m) pixel resolution. Annual NPP is derived from the sum of all 8-day Net Photosynthesis (PSN) products ([MOD17A2H](https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A2H.006)) from the given year. The PSN value is the difference of the Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) and the Maintenance Respiration (MR). Known Issues * Forward processing of MOD17A3H Version 6 data product was discontinued on January 3, 2004, due to unexpected errors in the input data. Users are encouraged to use the [MOD17A3HGF Version 6.1](https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD17A3HGF.061) data product. * For complete information about known issues please refer to the [MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website](https://landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/knownissue?sensor=MODIS&sat=Terra&as=6). Improvements/Changes from Previous Versions * The product uses updated Biome Property look-up tables (BPLUT) and an updated version of the daily Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) meteorological data. * The products are now generated at the native resolution of 500 m using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Leaf Area Index (LAI)/Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) ([MOD15A2H](https://doi.org/10.5067/modis/mod15a2h.006)) 8-day composite at 500 m resolution.

Tags: earth-science-ecological-dynamics-biosphere-ecosystem-functions-photosynthesis, earth-science-ecological-dynamics-biosphere-ecosystem-functions-primary-production
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration