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MODIS coll. 5 Deep Blue Aerosol Product
The MODIS Deep Blue Aerosol Product monitors the ambient aerosol optical thickness over tbright reflecting surfaces by including the 412nm observations into the AOD retrieval. Daily Level 2 data are produced at the spatial resolution of a 10×10 1-km (at nadir)-pixel array. There are two MODIS Aerosol data product files: MOD04_L2, containing data collected from the Terra platform; and MYD04_L2, containing data collected from the Aqua platform.
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| Satellite: | EOS Terra / EOS Aqua |
| Instrument(s): | MODIS |
| Instrument/algorithm PI: | Christina Hsu, NASA |
| Contact details: | Christina.Hsu[at]nasa.gov |
| Parameter(s): | AOD, Ångström exponent, Single Scattering Albedo |
| Aerosol algorithm: | MOD04_L2 |
| Cloud screening: | Spatial variance method based upon 412 nm band |
| Aerosol model: | A suite of aerosol library for dust, smoke, and continent.aerosols |
| Retrieval assumptions: | bimodal aerosol model from one fine mode and one coarse mode |
| Retrieval limitations: | retrieval over bright surfaces only |
| Spatial, temporal coverage: | 2000-present (Terra), 2004-present (Aqua) / NRT, global |
| Spatial, temporal resolution: | 1km / 2330km swath / 16 days repeat cycle |
| Operations status: | operational / reprocessing |
| Validation status: | 2000-present online access to validation results |
| Quality control: | pixel-wise quality flag |
| last algorithm version: | collection 5 (04/2006) / collection 5.1 (05/2008) |
| last validation: | 2000-present |
