MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth

Dataset Name Sensor Make Spatial Resolution Temporal Resolution Start Date End Date
MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth sat Observation 1° X 1° Monthly Gridded 2002-07-01 2019-02-01

Dataset Description

The MODIS AOD dataset in CMAP is a monthly averaged 1x1 degree gridded dataset. This dataset was generated from NASA’s MODIS Aqua satellite. Aerosol Optical Depth is a measurement of the optical scattering caused by airborne atmospheric particles. Sources of these particles include: volcanic ash, wildfire smoke, windblown sand and dust. The MODIS MYD08_M3 dataset is a satellite derived level-3 gridded product. Monthly AOD values are averaged over 1x1 degree pixels.

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How to Acknowledge

“The Aqua/MODIS Level-3 (L3) MODIS Atmosphere Monthly Global Product MYD08_M3 were acquired from Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), located in the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland (https://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/).”

Platnick, S., et al., 2015. MODIS Atmosphere L3 Monthly Product. NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD08_M3.061

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