Format & Content
Aerosol Product (04_L2) File Format Basics
Aerosol
The Aerosol Product monitors aerosol type, aerosol optical thickness, particle size distribution, aerosol mass concentration, optical properites, and radiative forcing. The ESDT names are MOD04_L2 (Terra) and MYD04_L2(Aqua).
Grids & Mapping
Product Grid
The MODIS Aerosol (MOD04_L2) product contains data that has a spatial resolution (pixel size) of 10 x 10 kilometers (at nadir). Each MOD04_L2 product file covers a five-minute time interval (based on the start time of each MODIS Level-1B granule), which means the MOD04_L2 output grid is 135 10-km (at nadir) pixels in width and 203 10-km (nadir) pixels in length for nine consecutive granules. Every tenth granule has an output grid size of 135 by 204 pixels.
Granule Coverage
Algorithm Overview
Aerosol Algorithm