Table · collection · 2021
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo White Sky Albedo NIR Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V061
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/modis/mcd43d60.061
The MCD43D60 Version 6.1 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) White-Sky Albedo dataset is produced daily using 16 days of Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data at 30 arc second (1,000 meter (m)) resolution.
Description
Data are temporally weighted to the ninth day which is reflected in the Julian date in the file name. This Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) product covers the entire globe for use in climate simulation models.
Due to the large file size, each MCD43D product contains just one data layer. MCD43D42 through MCD43D61 are the albedo products of the MCD43D BRDF/Albedo product suite. There are 10 black-sky albedo and 10 white-sky albedo layers representing MODIS bands 1 through 7 and the visible, near-infrared (NIR), and shortwave bands.
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The black-sky albedo (directional hemispherical reflectance) is defined as albedo in the absence of a diffuse component and is a function of solar zenith angle. White-sky albedo (bihemispherical reflectance) is defined as albedo in the absence of a direct component when the diffuse component is isotropic. Users are urged to use the band specific quality flags to isolate the highest quality full inversion results for their own science applications as described in the User Guide.
MCD43D60 is the white-sky albedo for the MODIS NIR broadband.
Known Issues
* For complete information about known issues please refer to the MODIS/VIIRS Land Quality Assessment website.
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.5067/modis/mcd43d60.061 ↗
The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set layers and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc.
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/MODIS/6/MCD43D60 ↗
The File Specification provides a description of the product file including Scientific Data Sets and their attributes.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODLAND_val.html ↗
Validation at stage 4 has been achieved for all MODIS BRDF/Albedo products.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/ValStatus.php?ProductID=MCD43 ↗
Further details regarding MODIS land product validation for the MCD43 data products are available from the MODIS Land Team Validation site.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource landweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov ↗
The LDOPE Land Product Quality Assessment website provides known issues, maneuvers, and product quality of the land products.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource umb.edu/spectralmass/modis-user-guide-v006-and-v0061/mcd43d-cmg-30-arc… ↗
The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/97/MCD43_ATBD.pdf ↗
The ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2540273187-LPCLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2540273187-LPCLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/lp-daac ↗
The LP DAAC website provides detailed information on discovery, distribution, access, and support of land data products.
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/modis-terraaqua-brdf-albedo-white-sky-albedo-nir-daily… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=1fcc4277-9c6f-485a-9708-cc19e775c… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2540273187-LPCLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2540273187-LPCLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Albedo · Anisotropy · Earth Observing System, Aqua · Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1) · Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer · Reflectance
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Climate model simulation 65% · Imaging 75% · Simulation 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 23 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2540273187-LPCLOUD | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 1fcc4277-9c6f-485a-9708-cc19e775c129 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:modis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/surface-radiative-properties/albedo | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/surface-radiative-properties/anisotropy | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/surface-radiative-properties/reflectance | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[method].local:method:climate-model | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[method].local:method:simulation | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:imaging | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:aqua | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:terra | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |