Area: ~10 degrees x 10 degrees lat/long
File Size: ~9 MB
Projection: Sinusoidal
Data Format: HDF-EOS

Dimensions: 1200 x 1200 rows/columns
Resolution: 1 kilometer 

Science Data Sets (SDS HDF Layers): 20

V005 Change Points of Interest

•  1-km and 500-m products now available: the 1-km are averages of the 500-m values (if any of the input 500-m pixels were snow-covered the 1-km is flagged as snowy)
•  4D Science Data Sets simplified to 2D
•  Quality information stored as a separate product (MCD43B2)  
•  Reduced file volume:  internal compression
•  Phased production strategy: Produced every 8 days with 16-days of acquisition (ie., production period 2001001 includes acquisition between Days 001 and 016, production period 2001009 includes acquisition between Days 009 and 024)

Product Description
The MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Albedo product (MCD43B3) provides 1-kilometer data describing both directional hemispherical reflectance (black-sky albedo) at local solar noon and bihemispherical reflectance (white-sky albedo). These MCD43B3 albedo quantities are produced from the16-day anisotropy models provided in MCD43B1 and represent averages of the underlying 500-m values. If black-sky albedos at different solar zenith angles are required then the MCD43B1 values should be used directly to generate them. The MCD43B3 albedo quantities are provided as a level-3 gridded product in the Sinusoidal projection.

Both Terra and Aqua data are used in the generation of this product, providing the highest probability for quality input data and designating it as an "MCD," meaning "Combined," product.

Version-5 MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo products are Validated Stage 1, meaning that accuracy has been estimated using a small number of independent measurements obtained from selected locations and time periods and ground-truth/field program efforts. Although there may be later improved versions, these data are ready for use in scientific publications.

Data Center:

LPDAAC

Sensor:

MODIS

Dataset:

MODIS/Terra+Aqua Albedo 16-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V005

Spatial:

HORIZONTALTILENUMBER Max/Min VERTICALTILENUMBER Max/Min

Geographic Extent:

Type Lat/Long Range or Draw on Map

Temporal Extent:

2000-02-24 to present