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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents

Aerosol Product   (Updated October 1998)
Kaufman & Tanre, 1998: Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS. Products: MOD04, MOD08. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-02.

Near-Infrared Water Vapor Product   (Updated November 1998)
Gao & Kaufman, 1998: The MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Algorithm. Products: MOD05, MOD08. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-03.

Cloud Product - Cloud Top & Phase   (Updated October 2002)
Menzel & Strabala, 2002: Cloud Top Properties and Cloud Phase - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. Products: MOD06, MOD08. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-04.

Cloud Product - Optical Properties   (Updated January 1998)
King, Tsay, Platnick, Wang, & Liou, 1998: Cloud Retrieval Algorithms for MODIS: Optical Thickness, Effective Particle Radius, and Thermodynamic Phase. Products: MOD06, MOD08. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-05.

Atmosphere Profile Product   (Updated October 2002)
Menzel & Gumley, 2002: MODIS Atmospheric Profile Retrieval - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. Products: MOD07, MOD08. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-07.

Cloud Mask Product   (Updated October 2002)
Ackerman, Strabala, Menzel, Frey, Moeller, Gumley, Baum, Schaaf, & Riggs, 2002: Discriminating Clear-Sky from Cloud with MODIS - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. Products: MOD35. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-06.