QA Plan
MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 061 
(includes Cloud Optical Property update)
Version 11 (22 Sep 2021)
Hubanks, et.al View PDF
MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 006
(includes Deep Blue Aerosol, Atmosphere Profile, Cloud Top, Cloud Optical, & Cloud Mask updates)
Version 8 (5 May 2015)
Hubanks, et.al View PDF
User's Guides
Cloud (06_L2)
Cloud Optical Properties User's Guide for Collection 6 & 6.1 
Final Version, v1.1, July 2018:
Platnick, Meyer, King, Wind, et. al View PDF
Cloud Mask (35_L2)
Cloud Mask User's Guide for Collection 5
Version 1, 2008:
Strabela View PDF
Combined User's Guides & Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents
L3 Global Gridded Daily, Eight Day, Monthly (08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3)
MODIS Atmosphere L3 Global Gridded Product User's Guide & ATBD for C6.1 
Products: 08_D3, 08_E3, 08_M3, August 2020:
Hubanks, Platnick, King, and Ridgway View PDF
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents
Aerosol (04_L2)
Aerosol Product ATBD (Updated February 2009)
Remer, Tanre, Kaufman, Levy, & Mattoo, 2009:
Algorithm for Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Aerosol from MODIS for Collection 005: Revision 2
Products: 04_L2. View PDF
Water Vapor (05_L2)
Near-Infrared Water Vapor Product ATBD (Updated November 1998)
Gao & Kaufman, 1998:
The MODIS Near-IR Water Vapor Algorithm.
Products: 05_L2. View PDF
Cloud (06_L2)
Cloud Product - C6 Cloud Top Properties & Cloud Phase ATBD (Updated May 2015)
Menzel, Frey, Baum, 2015:
Cloud Top Properties and Cloud Phase - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document.
Products: 06_L2 (CT). View PDF
Cloud Product - C5 / C51 Cloud Optical Properties ATBD (Updated January 1998)
King, Tsay, Platnick, Wang, & Liou, 1998:
Cloud Retrieval Algorithms for MODIS: Optical Thickness, Effective Particle Radius, and Thermodynamic Phase.
Products: 06_L2 (OD). View PDF
Atmospheric Profile (07_L2)
Atmospheric Profile Retrieval Product ATBD (Updated April 2011)
Borbas, Seemann, Kern, Moy, Li, Gumley, & Menzel 2011:
MODIS Atmospheric Profile Retrieval - ATBD. (Collection 006)
Products: 07_L2. View PDF
Cloud Mask (35_L2)
Cloud Mask Product ATBD (Updated October 2010)
Ackerman, Frey, Strabala, Liu, Gumley, Baum, & Menzel, 2010:
Discriminating Clear-Sky from Cloud with MODIS - Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document.
Products: 35_L2. View PDF
Supporting Documents
LUT Overview Document (Cloud Product, 06_L2) 
Overview of the MODIS Collection 6 Cloud Optical Property (MOD06) Retrieval Look-up Tables View PDF (v1, 6/28/17)