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- 2000-03-01T00:00:00 - 2021-06-01T00:00:00
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- NASA LAADS DAAC at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Description
MOD08_M3 V6.1 is an atmosphere global product that contains monthly 1 x 1 degree grid average values of atmospheric parameters. These parameters are related to atmospheric aerosol particle properties, total ozone burden, atmospheric water vapor, cloud optical and physical properties, and atmospheric stability indices. The product also provides means, standard deviations, QA weighted statistics, log-normal distributions, uncertainty estimates, and statistics for fractions of pixels that satisfy some condition. Below is a subset of the bands, for a complete list see the MOD08 Band List.
Bands
Resolution
1 arc degree
Bands
| Name | Min | Max | Scale | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_Ocean_Mean_Mean |
-100 | 5000 | 0.001 | Aerosol optical thickness at 0.55 microns for both ocean (best) and land (corrected): mean of daily mean |
Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_Ocean_Std_Deviation_Mean |
-100 | 5000 | 0.001 | Aerosol optical thickness at 0.55 microns for both ocean (best) and land (corrected): mean of daily standard deviation |
Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean_Mean_470 |
-100 | 5000 | 0.001 | Corrected aerosol optical depth (land) at 0.47 microns: mean of level-3 QA weighted mean |
Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Std_Deviation_Mean_470 |
-100 | 5000 | 0.001 | Corrected aerosol optical depth (land) at 0.47 microns: mean of level-3 weighted QA standard deviation |
Cirrus_Fraction_SWIR_FMean |
0 | 10000 | 0.0001 | Cirrus area fraction: mean of daily fraction |
Cirrus_Fraction_SWIR_FStd |
0 | 10000 | 0.0001 | Cirrus area fraction: standard deviation of daily fraction |
Cloud_Optical_Thickness_Liquid_Log_Mean_Mean |
0 | 4176 | 0.001 | Liquid water cloud optical thickness: mean of daily log mean |
Cloud_Optical_Thickness_Liquid_Log_Std_Deviation_Mean |
0 | 4176 | 0.001 | Liquid water cloud optical thickness: mean of daily log standard deviation |
Cloud_Optical_Thickness_Liquid_Mean_Uncertainty |
0 | 2000 | 0.01 | Liquid water cloud optical thickness: multi-day absolute uncertainty estimate derived from the daily absolute uncertainty estimate |
Cloud_Optical_Thickness_Liquid_Log_Mean_Uncertainty |
0 | 4477 | 0.001 | Liquid water cloud optical thickness: multi-day absolute log uncertainty estimate derived from the daily absolute log uncertainty estimate |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
This dataset is in the public domain and is available without restriction on use and distribution. See NASA’s Earth Science Data & Information Policy for additional information.
Citations
Platnick, S., M. King, P. Hubanks, 2015. MODIS Atmosphere L3 Monthly Product. NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center, doi:10.5067/MODIS/MOD08_M3.061
DOIs
Explore in Earth Engine
var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MOD08_M3')
.filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-01-01', '2018-05-01'));
var aerosolOpticalDepth =
dataset.select('Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_Ocean_Mean_Mean');
var aerosolOpticalDepthVis = {
min: 0.0,
max: 3000.0,
palette: ['ffffff', '1303ff', '01ff09', 'ff2f00'],
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 2);
Map.addLayer(
aerosolOpticalDepth, aerosolOpticalDepthVis, 'Aerosol Optical Depth');