L3 CLDPROP (Cloud Properties) DOI Reference

Dataset Short Name:
   Daily:
      CLDPROP_D3_MODIS_Aqua  (MODIS Instrument / Aqua Platform)
      CLDPROP_D3_VIIRS_SNPP  (VIIRS Instrument / SNPP Platform)
   Monthly:
      CLDPROP_M3_MODIS_Aqua  (MODIS Instrument / Aqua Platform)
      CLDPROP_M3_VIIRS_SNPP  (VIIRS Instrument / SNPP Platform)

Dataset Long Name:
   Daily:
      Continuity MODIS/Aqua Daily (D3) Cloud Properties Product
      Continuity VIIRS/SNPP Daily (D3) Cloud Properties Product
   Monthly:
      Continuity MODIS/Aqua Monthly (M3) Cloud Properties Product
      Continuity VIIRS/SNPP Monthly (M3) Cloud Properties Product

Other Information:
Timeframe: Daily or Monthly
Format: NetCDF4 files

Platform:
Aqua  
SNPP 

Instrument:
MODIS  (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)
VIIRS  (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite)

Product Description:
The Level-3 Continuity Atmosphere Cloud Properties Product (CLDPROP_D3 or CLDPROP_M3) consists daily or monthly 1x1 degree grid values of atmospheric parameters related to  cloud optical and physical properties, such as cloud optical thickness and cloud effective radius, cloud fraction, cloud top properties. Product includes 1D histograms of distributions and 2D joint histograms of one product plotted against the other. 

Production Frequency:
MODIS: 1 D3 file per day and 1 M3 file per month
VIIRS: 1 D3 file per day and 1 M3 file per month

Spatial Coverage:
Global

Spatial Resolution:
1x1 degree grid
Gridded Map Size = 360 x 180 pixels

File Size:
500 MB

Related Links:
https://atmosphere-imager.gsfc.nasa.gov/continuity/products/cloud-properties-l3/introduction
(Atmosphere Imager Continuity Level-3 Cloud Product)

Data Authors:
Cloud Optical Properties: Steve Platnick, Paul Hubanks
Cloud Top Properties: Steve Ackerman, Paul Hubanks

Dataset Originator/Creator:
Atmosphere Science Team / Cloud Optical Properties Retrieval Group
Atmosphere Science Team / Cloud Top Properties Retrieval Group
Science Investigator-led Processing Systems (SIPS)

When using Version 1.1 Data:   (File Version 011) 
(To determine the Collection version of the data you used or are using, look at the NetCDF4 filename. If there is a ".011." field in the NetCDF4 filename, then it's Version 1.1 data.)

Dataset DOI:   (Data Object Identifier)

   Daily:
      dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_D3_MODIS_Aqua.011  (MODIS)
      dx.doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/CLDPROP_D3_VIIRS_SNPP.011  (VIIRS)
   Monthly:
      dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/CLDPROP_M3_MODIS_Aqua.011  (MODIS)
      dx.doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/CLDPROP_M3_VIIRS_SNPP.011  (VIIRS)

Citation:   (We kindly request that you cite the use of any Version 1.1 Continuity Atmosphere L3 Cloud data in a publication using the following wording.)

Platnick, S.; Meyer, K.; Wind, G.; Holz, R.E.; Amarasinghe, N.; Hubanks, P.A.; Marchant, B.; Dutcher, S.; Veglio, P. The NASA MODIS-VIIRS Continuity Cloud Optical Properties Products. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 2.   View PDF

Meyer, K.; Platnick, S.; Holz, R.; Dutcher, S.; Quinn, G.; Nagle, F. Derivation of Shortwave Radiometric Adjustments for SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS for the NASA MODIS-VIIRS Continuity Cloud Products. Remote Sens. 2020, 12, 4096.   View PDF