MYD08_M3 - MODIS/Aqua Aerosol Cloud Water Vapor Ozone Monthly L3 Global 1Deg CMG



MYD08_M3 is a level-3 MODIS gridded atmosphere monthly global joint product. It contains monthly 1 x 1 degree grid average values of atmospheric parameters related to atmospheric aerosol particle properties, total ozone burden, atmospheric water vapor, cloud optical and physical properties, and atmospheric stability indices. This product also provides standard deviations, quality assurance assurance weighted means and other statistically derived quantities for each parameter. .

The level-3 atmosphere monthly global product (MYD08_M3) consists of approximately 800 statistical data sets (SDSs). Essentially all level-3 MODIS atmosphere monthly global parameters are derived from the scientific parameters of MODIS Atmosphere Daily Global Joint Product (MYD08_D3). Statistics are computed over a 1 degree equal-angle lat-lon grid that spans a (calendar) monthly interval. Since the grid cells are 1 degree by 1 degree, the output grid is always 360 pixels in width and 180 pixels in length.

MYD08_M3 product files are stored in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF), the standard data format for all NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) data products. Each gridded global parameter is stored as Scientific Data Set (SDS) within the file. For browsing and extracting data from these files, see software tools available on the LAADS web site.

For additional details see the MODIS Atmospheres web site page on Collection 6.1 Updates.

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Shortname: MYD08_M3
Platform: Aqua
Instrument: MODIS
Processing Level: Level-3
Spatial Resolution: 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: monthly
ArchiveSets: 61
Collection: MODIS Collection 6.1 - Level 1, Atmosphere, Land (ArchiveSet 61)
PGE Number: PGE57
File Naming Convention:

MYD08_M3.AYYYYDDD.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf

  • AYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year
  • CCC = Collection number
  • YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Production Date and Time
  • AYYYYDDD = Acquisition Year and Day of Year
Citation: 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
Keywords: Climate Change, Atmospheric Correction, Water Vapor, Precipitable Water, Ozone, Reflectance, Cloud Top Temperature
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