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Water Vapor

The Water Vapor Product monitors atmospheric water vapor and precipitable water. The ESDT names are MOD05_L2 (Terra) and MYD05_L2 (Aqua). 

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Bob Holz

Role:
Atmosphere Discipline Team Lead - Continuity Products
Miguel Román

Miguel Román

Role:
MODIS Team Lead

Format & Content

L2 WATVP (Water Vapor) Format & Content

Shown below is the complete SDS Inventory Table for the L2 Water Vapor (WATVP_L2) product. This table provides a full accounting of the parameters in the L2 WATVP Continuity Product File.

 

 

Documentation

L3 WATVP (Water Vapor) Documentation

 

     User Guide

VIIRS Suomi-NPP Water Vapor Products (WATVP) User Guide   [v1.0, 7/15/19]     View PDF

Version 1.0, July 2019

Borbas, et. al

    Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)

WATVP_L3 Issues

Tracking of known problems and subsequent fixes is an important issue for Continuity Atmosphere data users. This page will act as a repository of all known Continuity Atmosphere Data Product problems, as well as how to determine the problematic version (and the fixed version if available) of the NetCDF4 data -- therefore data users should check this page for updates regularly.

WATVP_L2 Issues

Tracking of known problems and subsequent fixes is an important issue for Continuity Atmosphere data users. This page will act as a repository of all known Continuity Atmosphere Data Product problems, as well as how to determine the problematic version (and the fixed version if available) of the NetCDF4 data -- therefore data users should check this page for updates regularly.

Format & Content

L3 WATVP (Water Vapor) Format & Content

Shown below is the complete SDS Inventory Table for the L3 Water Vapor (WATVP_D3 or WATVP_M3) product. This table provides a full accounting of the Groups and Variables in the L3 WATVP Continuity Product File.  Note that the Format & Content for the D3 and M3 product are identical -- that is, the internal Group and Variable inventory matches exactly.