MCD43A2.061 MODIS BRDF-Albedo Quality Daily 500m

MODIS/061/MCD43A2
Dataset Availability
2000-02-24T00:00:00Z–2024-11-19T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MCD43A2")
Tags
albedo brdf daily global modis nasa reflectance usgs
quality

Description

The MCD43A2 V6.1 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Quality dataset is a 500 meter daily 16-day product. It contains all the quality information for the corresponding 16-day MCD43A3 Albedo and the MCD43A4 Nadir-BRDF (NBAR) products.

The MCD43A2 contains individual band quality and observation information for the MODIS land bands 1-7, along with the overall BRDF/Albedo quality information.

See dataset user guide for more information.

Documentation:

Bands

Resolution
500 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Scale Description
Snow_BRDF_Albedo

Snow-free or snow BRDF/albedo retrieved

BRDF_Albedo_Platform

BRDF albedo platform information

BRDF_Albedo_LandWaterType

Land/water type

BRDF_Albedo_LocalSolarNoon deg 0 254

Solar zenith angle of local solar noon

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band1

Valid observation for band 1

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band2

Valid observation for band 2 (same bit meaning as in band 1)

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band3

Valid observation for band 3 (same bit meaning as in band 1)

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band4

Valid observation for band 4 (same bit meaning as in band 1)

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band5

Valid observation for band 5 (same bit meaning as in band 1)

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band6

Valid observation for band 6 (same bit meaning as in band 1)

BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band7

Valid observation for band 7 (same bit meaning as in band 1)

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band1

BRDF inversion information for band 1

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band2

BRDF inversion information for band 2

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band3

BRDF inversion information for band 3

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band4

BRDF inversion information for band 4

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band5

BRDF inversion information for band 5

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band6

BRDF inversion information for band 6

BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band7

BRDF inversion information for band 7

BRDF_Albedo_Uncertainty 0 32766 0.001

BRDF inversion information

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.

Citations

Citations:

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MCD43A2')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var defaultVisualization = dataset.select('Snow_BRDF_Albedo');
var defaultVisualizationVis = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 1.0,
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 6);
Map.addLayer(
    defaultVisualization, defaultVisualizationVis, 'Default visualization');
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