edu.ucar.eol::251.013 eng; USA utf8 dataset EOL Data Support NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory EOL Data Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-10-07T21:45:32Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://doi.org/10.26023/XEK9-27N9-4N0A https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/54A5D0540B072/Metadata_MODIS_Cloud.pdf https Documentation #1 Metadata_MODIS_Cloud.pdf information https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/54A5D054FC476/STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf https Documentation #2 STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf information STAR MODIS Cloud Satellite Dataset 251.013 2020-10-09T21:31:05Z publication 1.0 2020-10-09T21:31:05Z STAR MODIS Cloud Satellite Dataset 2020-10-09T21:31:05Z creation NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory EOL Data Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ homepage resourceProvider 251.013 doi:10.26023/XEK9-27N9-4N0A NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory EOL Data Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ homepage publisher John Hanesiak University of Manitoba Professor, Dept of Environment and Geography (204) 474-7049 468 Wallace Building, University of Manitoba Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Canada john_hanesiak@umanitoba.ca http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~hanesiak/index.html homepage author Ron Stewart University of Manitoba ronald.stewart@umanitoba.ca author Kent Moore University of Toronto Professor 905-828-5368 University of Toronto 3359 Mississauga Road North Mississauga Ontario L5L 1C6 Canada gwk.moore@utoronto.ca author Peter Taylor York University pat@yorku.ca author Walter Strapp Environment Canada walter.strapp@gmail.com author Mengistu Wolde National Research Council Canada mengistu.wolde@nrc.gc.ca author The changing climate represents one of the most important ecological issues concerning our planet. Changes in atmospheric trace gases, cloud over, cloud type, solar radiation, and tropospheric aerosols (liquid or solid particles suspended in the air) can have a profound impact on the climatic system as each property can modify the climate through changes in the radiative forcings. As such, it is important to correctly represent the climate and the associated forcings in conceptual and predictive global models. In an effort to monitor these properties, two MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instruments, the first launched on 18 December 1999 onboard the Terra Satellite Platform and the second on 4 May 2002 onboard the Aqua Satellite platform, were uniquely designed to observe and monitor these and other Earth changes on a global scale. A thorough description of global cloudiness and its associated properties is essential to the MODIS mission for two reasons. First, clouds play a critical role in the radiative balance of the Earth and must be accurately described in order to assess climate and potential climate change accurately. In addition, the presence or absence of cloudiness must be accurately determined in order to retrieve properly many atmospheric and surface parameters, including phase, optical thickness, and temperature. These and other cloud parameters are retrieved at a high resolution, allowing many details and fine features to be resolved accurately. The MODIS Cloud Product combines infrared and visible techniques to determine both physical and radiative cloud properties. Daily global Level 2 data are provided. Cloud-particle phase (ice vs. water, clouds vs. snow), effective cloud-particle radius, and cloud optical thickness are derived using the MODIS visible and near-infrared channel radiances. Cloud-top temperature, height, effective emissivity, phase (ice vs. water, opaque vs. non-opaque), and cloud fraction are produced by the infrared retrieval methods both day and night at 5 × 5 1-km-pixel resolution. Finally, the MODIS Cloud Product includes the cirrus reflectance in the visible at the 1-km-pixel resolution, which is useful for removing cirrus scattering effects from the land-surface reflectance product. There are two MODIS Cloud data product files: MOD06_L2, containing data collected from the Terra platform; and MYD06_L2, containing data collected from the Aqua platform. For further details see the NASA MODIS home page: http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MOD06_L2/index.html) completed EOL Data Support NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory EOL Data Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory EOL Data Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact HDF: Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) (unknown version) (application/x-hdf) dataset theme Resource Type 2014-10-16 revision 3.1 DataCite Metadata Working Group originator resourceTypeGeneral Terra Aqua platform EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER > CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER > CLOUD EMISSIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD TOP PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES > SKIN TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER > CLOUD REFLECTANCE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > SKIN TEMPERATURE Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) 2018-02-27 revision 8.5 National Aeronautics and Space Administration originator none none eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -79.00000 -59.50000 59.00000 68.50000 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory EOL Data Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ homepage distributor 2447 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.013 https STAR MODIS Cloud Satellite Dataset homepage Dataset homepage https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=251.013 https STAR MODIS Cloud Satellite Dataset Data Order Form Dataset order request form. 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