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MCD43A3 - MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global - 500m
These data are a copy of MODIS data from the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The copy is potentially only a subset. Below is the description from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD43A3
The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Albedo product (MCD43A3) provides 500-meter data describing both directional hemispherical reflectance (black-sky albedo) and bihemispherical reflectance (white-sky albedo). The MCD43A3 product contains 16 days of data provided in a level-3 gridded data set in Sinusoidal projection.
Both Terra and Aqua data are used in the generation of this product, providing the highest probability for quality assurance input data. It is designated with a shortname beginning with MCD, which is used to refer to 'combined' products, those comprised of data using both Terra and Aqua.
Note that the V006 MODIS MCD43 products are retrieved daily and represent the best BRDF possible based on 16 days worth of inputs with the day of interest emphasized. Unlike the earlier reprocessed versions (where the date of the product signifies the first day of the retrieval period), and the Direct Broadcast version (where the date signifies the last day of the retrieval period), the date associated with each daily V006 retrieval is the center of the moving 16 day input window. This change is in response to user requests.
Version-5 MODIS BRDF & Albedo products have attained Validation Stage 3.
Shortname: MCD43A3 , Platform: Combined Aqua Terra , Instrument: MODIS , Processing Level: Level-3 , Spatial Resolution: 500 m , Temporal Resolution: daily , ArchiveSets: 6, 61 , Collection: MODIS Collection 6 (ArchiveSet 6) , PGE Number: PGE23 , File Naming Convention: MCD43A3.AYYYYDDD.hHHvVV.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf YYYYDDD = Year and Day of Year of acquisition hHH = Horizontal tile number (0-35) vVV = Vertical tile number (0-17) CCC = Collection number YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Production Date and Time , Citation: Crystal Schaaf - University of Massachusetts Boston, Zhuosen Wang - NASA GSFC and MODAPS SIPS - NASA. (2015). MCD43A3 MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global - 500m. NASA LP DAAC. http://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43A3.006 , Keywords: Climate Change, Albedo, Reflectance
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2021-04-15T14:05:06
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2021-04-15T14:05:06
- Identifier
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / 48efa9b67d69435caffd2d06cf8406d3
- Maintenance and update frequency
- asNeeded
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- Climate Change
- Albedo
- Reflectance
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- orthoimagery
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 2000-02-23T23:55:00
- Code
- WGS 84
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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DOWNLOAD
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LAADS DAAC - Search for Product Files
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LAADS DAAC - Data Archive
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MODIS User Guide V006
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MODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43) validation status
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LAADS DAAC - Collection 6 File Specification
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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LAADS DAAC - Search for Product Files
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LAADS DAAC - Data Archive
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MODIS User Guide V006
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MODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43) validation status
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LAADS DAAC - Collection 6 File Specification
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data were downloaded from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/ to support UK research groups, especially NCEO.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 48efa9b67d69435caffd2d06cf8406d3 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-01-26T00:33:15
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
