Table · collection · 2017
MODIS/Terra Total Precipitable Water Vapor 5-Min L2 Swath 1km and 5km - NRT
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/modis/mod05_l2.nrt.061
The MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS) is currently generating an improved Collection 6.1 (061) for all MODIS Level-1 (L1) and higher-level Level-2 (L2) & Level-3 (L3) Atmosphere Team products.
Description
This decision to create a new improved Collection 6.1 (061) was driven by the need to address a number of issues in the current Collection 6 (006) Level-1B (L1B) data. These L1B issues had a negative impact in varying degrees in downstream products, The MODIS level-2 atmospheric precipitable water product consists of total atmospheric column water vapor amounts (and ancillary parameters) over clear land areas of the globe, over extended clear oceanic areas with the Sun glint, and above clouds over both land and ocean.
The shortname for this level-2 MODIS total precipitable water vapor product is MOD05_L2. In Collection 6, MODIS column water vapor (MOD05) datasets continue to be separately available from infrared and near-infrared methods. The estimates based on a near-infrared algorithm uses only daytime measurements with solar zenith angle less than 72 degrees.
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The retrieval algorithm relies on observations of water vapor attenuation of near-infrared solar radiation reflected by surfaces and clouds. The product is produced only over areas that have reflective surfaces in the near-infrared. The near-infrared algorithm refinement for this product is no longer being supported by NASA and as such there has been no update to this algorithm for C6.1
Links
Get the data
- LANCE MODAPS Data Flow Diagram earthdata.nasa.gov/s3fs-public/2026-04/LANCE_MODAPS_Operational_Data_Flow_Diagram… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1426442798-LANCEMODIS.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C1426442798-LANCEMODIS ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
- nrt3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov /archive/allData/61/MOD05_L2 ↗
Direct access to the download site and directory hosting the MOD05_L2 C6.1 NRT data set.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/modis/near-real-time-data ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/modis-terra-total-precipitable-water-vapor-5-min-l2-sw… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/modis/mod05_l2.nrt.061 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1426442798-LANCEMODIS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=941eba63-fa74-4434-a34a-3a5f01692… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1426442798-LANCEMODIS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1) · Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer · Relative Humidity · Total Precipitable Water · Water Vapor
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 69%
Provenance · 2 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1426442798-LANCEMODIS | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 941eba63-fa74-4434-a34a-3a5f01692511 | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| 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/atmosphere/atmospheric-water-vapor/water-vapor-indicators/humidity/relative-humidity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-water-vapor/water-vapor-indicators/total-precipitable-water | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-water-vapor/water-vapor-indicators/water-vapor | 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 · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@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 · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |