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ATBD's & Plans

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Quality Assurance Plan

MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 005
(Deep Blue Aerosol Update)
Version 3.5, 12 April 2007
Hubanks   View the PDF Document

MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collections 003 & 004
Version 2.3, October 2002
Chu, Strabala, Platnick, Moody, King, Mattoo, Hucek, & Ridgway   View the PDF Document


Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents

Aerosol Product   (Updated February 2009)
Remer, Tanré, Kaufman, Levy, & Mattoo, 2009: Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS for Collection 005: Revision 2 Products: 04_L2, ATML2, 08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-96. View the PDF Document

Aerosol Product   (Updated July 2006)
Remer, Tanré, Kaufman, Levy, & Mattoo, 2006: Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS for Collection 005 Products: 04_L2, ATML2, 08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-96. View the PDF Document

Near-Infrared Water Vapor Product   (Updated November 1998)
Gao & Kaufman, 1998: The MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Algorithm. Products: 05_L2. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-03. View the PDF Document

Cloud Product - Cloud Top & Phase   (Updated October 2002)
Menzel & Strabala, 2002: Cloud Top Properties and Cloud Phase - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. Products: 06_L2 (CT). ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-04. View the PDF Document

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: 06_L2 (OD). ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-05. View the PDF Document

Atmosphere Profile Product   (Updated October 2002)
Menzel & Gumley, 2002: MODIS Atmospheric Profile Retrieval - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. Products: 07_L2. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-07. View the PDF Document

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: 35_L2. ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-06. View the PDF Document

Level-3 Daily, 8-Day, & Monthly Products   (Updated December 2008)
Hubanks, King, Platnick, and Pincus, 2008: MODIS Atmosphere L3 Gridded Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document.   ATBD Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-30. View the PDF Document


Validation Plan

King, Kaufman, Menzel, Tanre, & Gao, 2001: MODIS Atmosphere Validation Plan. View the PDF Document