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Description

The MODIS/Aqua Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles 5-Min L2 Swath 5km (MYD07_L2) product consists of a numbers of parameters related to atmospheric stability, atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles, total atmospheric water vapor, and total ozone. All of these parameters are produced for both daytime and nighttime conditions at 5-km pixel resolution when at least 9 Field Of View (FOV) are cloud free.

The MODIS total-ozone burden is an estimate of the total-column tropospheric and stratospheric ozone content. The MODIS atmospheric stability consists of three daily Level 2 atmospheric stability indices. The Total Totals (TT), the Lifted Index (LI), and the K index (K) are each computed using the infrared temperature- and moisture-profile data, also derived as part of MYD07. The MODIS temperature and moisture profiles are produced at 20 vertical levels. The MODIS atmospheric water-vapor product is an estimate of the total tropospheric column water vapor made from integrated MODIS infrared retrievals of atmospheric moisture profiles in clear scenes.

Additional information is available at:

https://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/products/atm-profile.

Version Description

Aqua MODIS Version 6.1 Data Collection Processing and Reprocessing

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2002-07-04 to Present
Data Partner
L1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System,Biospheric Information Systems Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/H ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Biospheric Information Systems Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C1443544285-LAADS
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2449007
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Trace Gases/Trace Species ,
Atmospheric Pressure Measurements ,
Surface Pressure ,
Atmospheric Stability ,
Surface Temperature ,
Air Temperature ,
Boundary Layer Temperature ,
Dew Point Temperature ,
Maximum/Minimum Temperature ,
Skin Temperature ,
Vertical Profiles ,
Humidity ,
Total Precipitable Water ,
Condensation ,
Water Vapor Profiles ,
Rain Storms ,
Atmospheric Ozone

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

MODIS Atmosphere Science Team. (2017). MYD07_L2 MODIS/Aqua Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles 5-Min L2 Swath 5km [Data set]. NASA Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD07_L2.061 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

Documents

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION