MODIS-AUX
Product Availability: E06 (2012 - current) except for spacecraft/instrument outages. Previous years are currently being processed.

The MODIS-AUX data set is an intermediate product that contains a subset of ancillary MODIS radiance and cloud mask data that overlaps and surrounds each CloudSat cloud profiling radar (CPR) footprint. Input data are obtained from the 1B-CPR and AN-MODIS products, and the MODIS-AUX data are used as input to the 2B-GEOPROF, 2B-CLDCLASS, 2B-TAU, and 2B-FLXHR algorithms in the CloudSat data processing system. The MODIS-AUX product is created by the Generic-AUX Subset-to-Reference algorithm.
Process Description and Interface Control Document (PDICD)
File Name | Last Modified | |
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MODIS-AUX P_R05 PDICD rev01 (542 KB) | November 8, 2017 |
Algorithm Specifications
Popup | Type | Dimensions | Units | Range | Missing | Miss Op | Factor | Offset |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
INT(1) | mod_1km,nray,Byte_Segment | -- | 0 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(2) | mod_1km,nray,Band_1KM_Emissive | W/(m2 str um) | 32768 | >= | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_Emissive | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_Emissive | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_Emissive | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_Emissive | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(1) | mod_1km,nray,Band_1KM_Emissive | -- | 255 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(2) | mod_1km,nray,Band_1KM_RefSB | W/(m2 str um) | 32768 | >= | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(1) | mod_1km,nray,Band_1KM_RefSB | -- | 255 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(2) | mod_1km,nray,Band_250M | W/(m2 str um) | 32768 | >= | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_250M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_250M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_250M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_250M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_250M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_250M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(1) | mod_1km,nray,Band_250M | -- | 255 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(2) | mod_1km,nray,Band_500M | W/(m2 str um) | 32768 | >= | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_500M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_500M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_500M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_500M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_500M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
REAL(4) | mod_granules,Band_500M | -- | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
UINT(1) | mod_1km,nray,Band_500M | -- | 255 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
INT(1) | mod_1km,nray | -- | 1 to 25 | -99 | == | 1 | 0 | |
INT(2) | mod_1km,nray | -- | 1 to 1354 | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | |
INT(2) | mod_1km,nray | -- | 1 to 2030 | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | |
INT(2) | mod_1km,nray | degrees | -18000 to 18000 | -32767 | == | 1 | 0 | |
INT(2) | mod_1km,nray | degrees | -32767 | == | 1 | 0 | ||
INT(2) | mod_1km,nray | degrees | -18000 to 18000 | -32767 | == | 1 | 0 | |
INT(2) | mod_1km,nray | degrees | -32767 | == | 1 | 0 |
Popup | Type | Dimensions | Units | Range | Missing | Miss Op | Factor | Offset |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
REAL(4) | mod_1km,nray | degrees | -90 to 90 | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | |
REAL(4) | mod_1km,nray | degrees | -180 to 180 | -999 | == | 1 | 0 | |
REAL(4) | nray | seconds | 0 to 6000 | 1 | 0 | |||
REAL(8) | <scalar> | seconds | 0 to 6e+008 | 1 | 0 | |||
REAL(4) | <scalar> | seconds | 0 to 86400 | 1 | 0 |