cf8e3e801a114979a160e809deb5cc9f English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-29T02:22:23 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 MCD43A2 - MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global - 500m 2021-04-15T14:04:56 publication 2021-04-15T14:04:56 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cf8e3e801a114979a160e809deb5cc9f cf8e3e801a114979a160e809deb5cc9f National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) These data are a copy of MODIS data from the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The copy is potentially only a subset. Below is the description from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD43A2 The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) BRDF/Albedo Quality product (MCD43A2) describes the overall condition of the other BRDF and Albedo products. The MCD43A2 product contains 16 days of data at 500 meter spatial resolution provided in a level-3 gridded data set in Sinusoidal projection, and includes albedo quality assurance, snow conditions, ancillary information, and inversion information. Both Terra and Aqua data are used in the generation of this product, providing the highest probability for quality assurance input data. It is designated with a shortname beginning with MCD, which is used to refer to 'combined' products, those comprised of data using both Terra and Aqua. Note that the V006 MODIS MCD43 products are retrieved daily and represent the best BRDF possible based on 16 days worth of inputs with the day of interest emphasized. Unlike the earlier reprocessed versions (where the date of the product signifies the first day of the retrieval period), and the Direct Broadcast version (where the date signifies the last day of the retrieval period), the date associated with each daily V006 retrieval is the center of the moving 16 day input window. This change is in response to user requests. Version-5 MODIS BRDF & Albedo products have attained Validation Stage 3. Shortname: MCD43A2 , Platform: Combined Aqua Terra , Instrument: MODIS , Processing Level: Level-3 , Spatial Resolution: 500 m , Temporal Resolution: daily , ArchiveSets: 6, 61 , Collection: MODIS Collection 6 (ArchiveSet 6) , PGE Number: PGE23 , File Naming Convention: MCD43A2.AYYYYDDD.hHHvVV.CCC.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.hdf YYYYDDD = Year and Day of Year of acquisition hHH = Horizontal tile number (0-35) vVV = Vertical tile number (0-17) CCC = Collection number YYYYDDDHHMMSS = Production Date and Time , Citation: Crystal Schaaf - University of Massachusetts Boston, Zhuosen Wang - NASA GSFC and MODAPS SIPS - NASA. (2015). MCD43A2C MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Quality Daily L3 Global - 500m. NASA LP DAAC. http://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43A2C.006 , Keywords: Climate Change, Albedo, Reflectance National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) author USA unknown author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) principal_investigator USA unknown principalInvestigator National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) principal_investigator USA unknown principalInvestigator NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) publisher USA unknown publisher asNeeded dataset Climate Change Albedo Reflectance orthoimagery theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://modaps.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/services/faq/LAADS_Data-Use_Citation_Policies.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unclassified use. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 2000-02-23T23:55:00 HDF NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cf8e3e801a114979a160e809deb5cc9f CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/modis/data/MCD43A2 DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/MCD43A2--6 LAADS DAAC - Search for Product Files No further details. information https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/6/MCD43A2/ LAADS DAAC - Data Archive No further details. information http://landval.gsfc.nasa.gov/ProductStatus.php?ProductID=MOD43 MODIS BRDF/Albedo (MCD43) validation status No further details. information http://www.umb.edu/spectralmass/terra_aqua_modis/v006 MODIS User Guide V006 No further details. information https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/filespec/MODIS/6/MCD43A2 LAADS DAAC - Collection 6 File Specification No further details. information http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43A2.006 Dataset DOI No further details. information dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Data were downloaded from https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/ to support UK research groups, especially NCEO.