Users Guides 
Cloud Optical Properties
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Cloud Product - C6 & C6.1 Cloud Optical Properties (v1.1)
Platnick, Meyer, King, Wind, et. al, July 2018
Cloud Optical Properties - Collection 6 & 6.1 Users Guide.
Products: 06_L2 (Cloud Optical Properties). View PDF
LUT Overview Document 
- Overview of the MODIS Collection 6 Cloud Optical Property (MOD06) Retrieval Look-up Tables View PDF (v1, 6/28/17)
Scientific Publications
Cloud Top Properties
- Baum, B., W. P. Menzel, R. Frey, D. Tobin, R. Holz, S. Ackerman, 2012: MODIS Cloud Top Property Refinements for Collection 6. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 51, 1145-1163, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0203.1. View PDF
Cloud Optical Properties
- Platnick, S., K. Meyer, M. D. King, G. Wind, N. Amarasinghe, B. Marchant, G. T. Arnold, Z. Zhang, P. A. Hubanks, R. E. Holz, P. Yang, W. L. Ridgway, and J. Riedi, 2017: The MODIS cloud optical and microphysical products: Collection 6 updates and examples from Terra and Aqua. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 55, 502-525, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2610522. View PDF
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents
Cloud Top Properties
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Cloud Product - C006 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 Optical Properties
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Cloud Product - C5 / C51 Cloud Optical Properties ATBD
King, Tsay, Platnick, Wang, & Liou:
Cloud Retrieval Algorithms for MODIS: Optical Thickness, Effective Particle Radius, and Thermodynamic Phase.
Products: 06_L2 (OD). View PDF - C5 Cloud Phase Decision-Tree Flow Chart View PDF
QA Plan
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MODIS Atmosphere QA Plan for Collection 061
(includes Cloud Optical Property update)
Version 11 (22 Sep 2021)
Hubanks, et.al View PDF
Historical Documentation (Previous Collections)
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Collection 005 Change Summary for the MODIS Cloud Optical Property (06_OD) Algorithm
Version 3.1 (9 May 2006)
King, et.al View PDF
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Collection 005 Cloud Phase Flow Chart
2006
King, et.al View PDF