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ATBD's & Plans

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Quality Assurance Plan

MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 005 (Deep Blue Aerosol Update)   [View]
Version 3.6, May 2007
Hubanks

MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collections 003 & 004   [View]
Version 2.3, October 2002
Chu, Strabala, Platnick, Moody, King, Mattoo, Hucek & Ridgway

MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 005 (Deep Blue Update)   [View]
Version 3.6, May 2007
Hubanks


Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents

Aerosol Product   (November 2006)
Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS: Collection 005   [View]
Remer, Tanré, Kaufman, Levy & Mattoo
Products: 04_L2
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-96

Aerosol Product   (February 2009)
Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS: Collection 005: Revision 2   [View]
Remer, Tanre, Kaufman, Levy, and Matoo
Products: Aerosol
Reference Number: ATBD-96

Atmosphere Profile Product   (October 2006)
MODIS Atmospheric Profile Retrieval Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document   [View]
Seemann, Borbas, Li, Menzel & Gumley
Products: 07_L2
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-07

Cloud Mask Product   (October 2006)
Discriminating Clear-Sky from Cloud with MODIS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (MOD35)   [View]
Ackerman, Strabala, Menzel, Frey, Moeller, Gumley, Baum, Seemann & Zhang
Products: 35_L2
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-06

Cloud Product - Cloud Top & Phase   (October 2006)
Cloud Top Properties and Cloud Phase Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document   [View]
Menzel, Frey, Baum & Zhang
Products: 06_L2 (CT)
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-04

Cloud Product - Optical Properties   (January 1998)
Cloud Retrieval Algorithms for MODIS: Optical Thickness, Effective Particle Radius, and Thermodynamic Phase   [View]
King, Tsay, Platnick, Wang & Liou
Products: 06_L2 (OD)
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-05

Level-3   (December 2008)
MODIS Atmosphere L3 Gridded Product Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document   [View]
Hubanks, King, Platnick & Pincus
Products: 08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-30

Near-Infrared Water Vapor Product   (November 1998)
The MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Algorithm.   [View]
Gao & Kaufman
Products: 05_L2
Reference Number: ATBD-MOD-03


Validation Plan

MODIS Atmosphere Validation Plan   [View]
King, Kaufman, Menzel, Tanre & Gao
December 2001