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Description

MIL3YCOD_1 is the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Level 3 Cloud Top Height-Optical Depth Product covering a year version 1.

MISR is designed to view Earth with cameras pointed in 9 different directions. As the instrument flies overhead, each piece of Earth's surface below is successively imaged by all nine cameras in 4 wavelengths (blue, green, red, and near-infrared). The goal of MISR is to improve our understanding of the fate of sunlight in Earth's environment and distinguish different types of clouds, particles, and surfaces. Specifically, MISR monitors the monthly, seasonal, and long-term trends in three areas: 1) amount and type of atmospheric particles (aerosols), including those formed by natural sources and by human activities; 2) amounts, types, and heights of clouds, and 3) distribution of land surface cover, including vegetation canopy structure.

Version Description

Initial Version of Product

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MISR
Projects
MISR
Spatial Extent

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

Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1999-12-01 to Present
Data Partner
Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA (NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC) ,
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/MISR)
Concept ID
C2873775779-LARC_CLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
22
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Clouds ,
Cloud Microphysics ,
Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness ,
Cloud Properties ,
Cloud Top Height

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

DINER, D. A. V. I. D. (2026). MISR Level 3 Cloud Top Height-Optical Depth Product covering a year V001 [Dataset]. NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MISR/MIL3YCOD.001 Date Accessed: 2026-09-13

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

PI DOCUMENTATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

DATA QUALITY

ANOMALIES

PRODUCTION HISTORY

PRODUCT USAGE

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

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