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AN: H32B-0562    [PDF]
TI: Exploring the feasibility of using the MODIS 1 km by 1 km cloud mask product to generate a lower resolution product suitable for use with other instruments (e.g AIRS) on the EOS-Aqua satellite.
AU: * Gopalan, A
EM: gopalan@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences-DAAC, Code 902, Bldg. 32 NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Leptoukh, G
EM: Gregory.G.Leptoukh@nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences-DAAC, Code 902, Bldg. 32 NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Savtchenko, A
EM: asavtche@g0mos16.gsfcmo.ecs.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences-DAAC, Code 902, Bldg. 32 NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Ouzounov, D
EM: ouzounov@eosdata.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences-DAAC, Code 902, Bldg. 32 NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: The MODIS Level-2 Cloud Mask Products MOD35\_L2 (MODIS -TERRA) and MYD35\_L2 (MODIS-AQUA) are available globally day and night at a pixel resolution of 1 km by 1 km. The cloud mask is based on a series of spectral cloud detection tests and estimates the probability of a pixel being clear with varying degrees of confidence (Platnick et al). We attempt to explore the possibility of adapting the MODIS Cloud Mask Product to other instruments on the Terra and Aqua Satellites that have a coarser pixel resolution as compared to the MODIS pixel. From a data center (e.g. GES-DAAC) perspective, this could potentially have a positive impact on the distribution system and better serve end users who require a lower resolution cloud mask product for their applications.
DE: 0320 Cloud physics and chemistry
DE: 0399 General or miscellaneous
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting