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MISR Level 2 FIRSTLOOK Surface parameters V002

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/terra/misr/mil2aslf_l2.002

This Level 2 FIRSTLOOK Land Surface product contains directional reflectance properties, albedo(spectral and PAR integrated), FPAR, radiation parameters, and terrain-referenced geometric parameters produced using ancillary input from the previous time period.

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MIL2ASLF_002 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 2 FIRSTLOOK Surface parameters version 2. It contains directional reflectance properties, albedo (spectral and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) integrated), a fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR), radiation parameters, and terrain-referenced geometric parameters produced using ancillary input from the previous time period.

Data collection for this product is ongoing. This collection contains the Leaf Area Index (LAI). Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 2 Aerosol data products contain information on the Earth's atmosphere.

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The aerosol data include tropospheric aerosol optical depth on 17. 6-km centers archived with a compositional model identifier and retrieval residuals, ancillary data including relative humidity, ozone optical depth, stratospheric aerosol optical depth, and retrieval flags. MISR multi-angle imagery will be used to monitor global and regional trends radiatively significant to optical properties (optical depth, single scattering albedo, and size distribution) and amounts (mass loading) of natural and anthropogenic aerosols, including those arising from industrial and volcanic emissions, slash-and-burn agriculture, and desertification.

Coupled with MISR's determinations of top-of-atmosphere and surface albedos, these data will measure the global aerosol forcing of the shortwave planetary radiation budget. The MISR instrument consists of nine push-broom cameras that measure radiance in four spectral bands. Global coverage is achieved in nine days.

The cameras are arranged with one camera pointing toward the nadir, four forward, and four aftward. It takes seven minutes for all nine cameras to view the exact surface location. The view angles relative to the surface reference ellipsoid are 0, 26.1, 45.6, 60.0, and 70.5 degrees.

The spectral band shapes are nominally Gaussian, centered at 443, 555, 670, and 865 nm. MISR is designed to view Earth with cameras in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, all nine cameras successfully imaged each piece of Earth's surface below in 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared).

MISR aims to improve our understanding of the effects of sunlight on Earth and distinguish different types of clouds, particles, and surfaces. Specifically, MISR monitors the monthly, seasonal, and long-term trends in three areas: 1) amount and type of atmospheric particles (aerosols), including those formed by natural sources and by human activities; 2) amounts, types, and heights of clouds, and 3) distribution of land surface cover, including vegetation canopy structure.

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Canopy Characteristics · Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1) · Land Use Classes · Land Use/Land Cover Classification · Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer · Photosynthetically Active Radiation · Plant Characteristics · Reflectance · Vegetation Cover
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Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
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