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Description

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) MCD43A3 Version 6.1 Albedo Model dataset is produced daily using 16 days of Terra and Aqua MODIS data at 500 meter (m) resolution. Data are temporally weighted to the ninth day of the 16 day which is reflected in the Julian date in the file name.

Users are urged to use the band specific quality flags to isolate the highest quality full inversion results for their own science applications as described in the User Guide.

The MCD43A3 provides black-sky albedo (directional hemispherical reflectance) and white-sky albedo (bihemispherical reflectance) data at local solar noon for MODIS bands 1 through 7 and the visible, near infrared (NIR), and shortwave bands. Along with the albedo layers are the simplified mandatory quality layers for each of the 10 bands. Essential quality information provided in the corresponding MCD43A2 data file should be consulted when using this product.

Known Issues

Version Description

The following changes and improvements were implemented for inputs to MODIS Version 6.1 BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters data products: (1) Version 6.1 Level-1B (L1B) products have been improved by undergoing various calibration changes that include: changes to the response-versus-scan angle (RVS) approach that affects reflectance bands for Aqua and Terra MODIS, corrections to adjust for the optical crosstalk in Terra MODIS infrared (IR) bands, and corrections to the Terra MODIS forward look-up table (LUT) update for the period 2012 – 2017, and (2) A polarization correction has been applied to the L1B Reflective Solar Bands (RSB).

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra ,
Aqua
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
500 Meters x 500 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
MODIS Sinusoidal Tiling System
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2000-02-16 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Data Partner
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) ,
School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, Boston (UMASS-B/SFE) ,
MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/MODAPS)
Concept ID
C2278860820-LPCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2945893
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Albedo ,
Anisotropy

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

Schaaf, C., & Wang, Z. (2021). MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Daily L3 Global - 500m V061 [Data set]. NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43A3.061 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

File Naming Convention

MCD43A3.A2025212.h11v12.061.2025221032740.hdf

The file name begins with the Product Short Name (MCD43A3) followed by the Julian Date of Acquisition formatted as AYYYYDDD (A2025212), the Tile Identifier which is horizontal tile and vertical tile provided as hXXvYY (h11v12), the Version of the data collection (061), the Julian Date and Time of Production designated as YYYYDDDHHMMSS (2025221032740), and the Data Format (hdf).

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
Estimating the Near-Surface Air Temperature Field Using Satellite-Based Remote Sensing of Land Surface Temperatures Frat Ors, Pelin, Mahdavi, Ardeshir Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Incorporating varying vegetation characteristics driven by Sebastian, Dawn Emil, Ghosh, Subimal Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo, Anisotropy
A spatialtemporal seamless reconstruction method for high-resolution 16 m daily land surface albedo products Guo, Zhaotong, Wen, Jianguang, You, Dongqin, Tang, Yong, Piao, Sen, Liu, Qinhuo, Xiao, Qing Albedo, Anisotropy
Commodity-driven deforestation doubles local warming from tropical forest loss Smith, Callum, Baker, Jessica C A, Doggart, Nike H, Argles, Arthur P K, Robertson, Eddy, Chadwick, Robin, Adami, Marcos, Coelho, Caio A S, Spracklen, Dominick V Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Big data fusion-driven geospatial knowledge graph construction method for sustainable smart cities Duan, Yuxi, Liang, Maohan, Li, Yan, Gao, Ruobin, Chen, Jin, Chen, Zhong Shuo, Wang, Hua Albedo, Anisotropy
Revisiting the Urban Heat and Pollution Islands over the Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India Pandey, Pragya, Tyagi, Bhishma, Kumar, Pradeep, Sahu, Saroj Kumar, Sharma, Kuldeep Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Response of Vegetation Phenology to Hydrothermal Variables on the QTP Using EVI and MSAVI Zhao, Zhijian, Lin, Hui, Wang, Li, Huang, Min, Wu, Lei, Tang, Linling, Yang, Tao, Xiao, Xin Albedo, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Machine learning approaches for clear-sky Land Surface Albedo (LSA) retrieval using OCM-3 data over diverse Indian landscapes KURESHI, ALIYA M., PATHAK, VISHAL N., KARDANI, DISHA B., DAVE, JALPESH A., SHAH, DHIRAJ B., TURAKHIA, TEJAS P., GUJRATI, ASHWIN, PANDYA, MEHUL R., TRIVEDI, HIMANSHU J. Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Albedo, Anisotropy
Impacts of Topography on Daily Mean Albedo Estimation Over Snow-free Rugged Terrain Han, Yuan, Wen, Jianguang, You, Dongqin, Xiao, Qing, Liu, Guokai, Tang, Yong, Piao, Sen, Zhao, Na, Liu, Qinhuo Albedo, Anisotropy, Radiative Forcing, Forests, Alpine/Tundra
Elevation Correction of Forest Biogeophysical Cooling Effect in China Bai, Tingting, Song, Yongze, Li, Tong, Zheng, Jinxiu, Zhu, Kai Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Anisotropy
Enhancing prediction of wildfire occurrence and behavior in Alaska using Ahajjam, A., Allgaier, M., Chance, R., Chukwuemeka, E., Putkonen, J., Pasch, T. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy
Divergent Seasonal Biophysical Effects Induced by the Three Gorges Li, Hongbin, Wang, Weiguang, Liu, Guoshuai, Castelli, Fabio, Forzieri, Giovanni Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy
Estimating GPP in China using different site-level datasets, vegetation classification and vegetation indices Xu, Jiahui, Chen, Tiexi, Chen, Xin, Zhou, Shengjie, Gu, Zhe, Li, Wenhui, Cui, Yingying, Wang, Shengzhen, Liu, Shuci Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Evaluation of the performance of multiple reanalysis forcing data in Xie, Yuxuan, Kong, Dongdong, Zhang, Yongqiang, Zhong, Yulong, Ma, Ning, Gong, Rouyan, Ci, Hui, Xiao, Mingzhong, Gu, Xihui Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Global non-uniformity in biophysical surface temperature responses to cropland expansion over non-forest vegetation Si, Menglin, Li, Zhao-Liang, Liu, Xiangyang, Li, Yitao, Leng, Pei, Tang, Bo-Hui, Tang, Ronglin, Duan, Si-Bo, Liu, Meng, Zhou, Chenghu Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy
Improved global estimates of terrestrial evapotranspiration using the MODIS and VIIRS sensors Endsley, K. Arthur, Zhao, Maosheng, Kimball, John S., Albrethsen, Tyler, Devadiga, Sadashiva Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Reflectance, Topographical Relief Maps, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Influence of initial soil organic carbon in grassland on the sensitivity of carbon changes to climate after grasslandtocropland conversion Dou, Pengpeng, Wang, Jie, Cai, Tianyu, Miao, Zhengzhou, Wang, Xu, Liang, Junyi, Li, Ping, Fan, Jiangwen, Tang, Shiming, Xiao, Xiangming, Guo, Lizhu, Huang, Jing, Gao, Qian, Chen, Chao, Liu, Kesi, Wang, Kun Albedo, Anisotropy
Mature riparian alder forest acts as a strong and consistent carbon sink Krasnova, Alisa, Soosaar, Kaido, Rogozin, Svyatoslav, Krasnov, Dmitrii, Mander, Ulo Albedo, Anisotropy
Pervasive but biome-dependent relationship between fragmentation and resilience in forests Su, Yongxian, Zhang, Chaoqun, Cescatti, Alessandro, Yu, Kailiang, Ciais, Philippe, Smith, Taylor, Shang, Jiali, Carnicer, Jofre, Liu, Jane, Chen, Jing Ming, Green, Julia K., Wu, Jianping, Ponce-Campos, Guillermo E., Zhang, Yongguang, Zuo, Zhiyan, Liao, Jinbao, Wu, Jianping, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Yan, Kai, Yang, Xueqin, Liu, Liyang, Ren, Jiashun, Yuan, Wenping, Chen, Xiuzhi, Wu, Chaoyang, Zhou, Weiqi Albedo, Anisotropy, Forest Management, Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Recent Widespread Deceleration of Global Surface Urban Heat Islands Zhan, Wenfeng, Li, Long, Chakraborty, T. C., Hu, Leiqiu, Wang, Dazhong, Liao, Weilin, Wang, Shasha, Du, Huilin, Huang, Fan, Wang, Chunli, Liu, Zihan, Li, Manchun Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Radiative forcing reduced by early twenty-first century increase in land albedo Hou, Zhengyang, Zhang, Liqiang, Peng, Jingjing, Forzieri, Giovanni, Jia, Aolin, Xiao, Zhiqiang, Qu, Ying, Lin, Jintai, Ji, Duoying, Zhu, Zidong, Yao, Xin, Peng, Shuwen, Zhao, Lanpu, Fan, Wenjie, Wu, Zhaocong, Geng, Hao, Wang, Qihao, Zhou, Chenghu, Liu, Suhong, Zhang, Liangpei Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Albedo, Snow Cover
AI-Based Downscaling of MODIS LST Using SRDA-Net Model for High-Resolution Data Generation Ma, Hongxia, Mao, Kebiao, Yuan, Zijin, Xu, Longhao, Shi, Jiancheng, Guo, Zhonghua, Qin, Zhihao Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
A Spatial Hybrid Model for Crop Yield Prediction in Western Australia Ibrahim, Muhammad, Singh, Balwinder, Pires, Rodrigo, Easton, Julia, Tareque, Hasnein Albedo, Anisotropy
A strategy to estimate daily shortwave downward radiation in rugged regions from a few satellite observations Xian, Yuyang, Wang, Tianxing, Du, Yihan, Yu, Pei, Letu, Husi Albedo, Anisotropy
Assessing midsummer snow-free land surface albedo variability across multiple Arctic sites using the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 product Gottuk, Jannika, Stuenzi, Simone M., Runge, Alexandra, Boike, Julia Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
Brief communication: Improving lake ice modeling in ORCHIDEE-FLake model using MODIS albedo data Titus, Zacharie, Cuynet, Amelie, Salmon, Elodie, Ottle, Catherine Albedo, Anisotropy
Climate change dominates recent increase in streamflow in the Yellow River Basin Huang, Zhen, Tang, Zixuan, Tian, Jing, Zhang, Xuanze, Ma, Ning, Bai, Xinli, Zhang, Yongqiang Albedo, Anisotropy
On the added value of sequential deep learning for the upscaling of evapotranspiration Kraft, Basil, Nelson, Jacob A., Walther, Sophia, Gans, Fabian, Weber, Ulrich, Duveiller, Gregory, Reichstein, Markus, Zhang, Weijie, Ruwurm, Marc, Tuia, Devis, Korner, Marco, Hamdi, Zayd, Jung, Martin Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo
Regional Land Surface Conditions Developed Using the High-Resolution Vinodhkumar, Buri, Osuri, Krishna Kishore, Dimri, A. P., Mukherjee, Sandipan, AlGhamdi, Sami G., Niyogi, Dev Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Responses of surface and canopy heat islands to extreme temperatures: A synergistic analysis in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration Haiyi, Yang, Fei, Yang, Dewan, Ashraf Albedo, Anisotropy
Retrieval of Atmospheric XCH4 via XGBoost Method Based on Zhang, Wenhao, Li, Yao, Li, Bo, Li, Tong, Wang, Zhengyong, Yang, Xiufeng, Jin, Yongtao, Zhang, Lili Albedo, Anisotropy
The surface mass balance and near-surface climate of the Antarctic ice van Dalum, Christiaan T., van de Berg, Willem Jan, van den Broeke, Michiel R., van Tiggelen, Maurice Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Satellite observation reveals wetland-induced local cooling moderated by regional climate gradients Gao, Xiaohong, Yan, Zhuoran, Bao, Lun, Li, Xuan, Gao, Li, Yu, Lingxue Evapotranspiration, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy
Tourism Pressure and Vegetation Dynamics in the Carpathian Mountains Kasiyanchuk, Dmytro Albedo, Anisotropy
Seasonality and Albedo Dependence of Cloud Radiative Forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin Rudisill, William, Feldman, Daniel, Cox, Christopher J., Riihimaki, Laura, Sedlar, Joseph Albedo, Anisotropy
Study of the impact of climate change on tourism activities using remote sensing in the Carpathian region DEPUTAT, Mykola, TERLETSKA, Khrystyna, ZHUPNYK, Vasyl, HORISHEVSKYI, Pavlo, KASIYANCHUK, Dmytro Snow Cover, Albedo, Anisotropy
Spatially generalizable bias correction of satellite solar radiation for Damiani, A., Ishizaki, N.N., Watanabe, T., Tamaki, Y., Cordero, R.R., Feron, S., Irie, H. Albedo, Anisotropy
Satellite-Based Climate Effects of Photovoltaic Plants in China Li, Yingfang, Wang, Zhili, Lei, Yadong, Yu, Xiaochao, Chen, Feng, Wang, Ziyi, Liu, Lin, Che, Huizheng, Zhang, Xiaoye Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy
Two Decades of FireInduced Albedo Change and Associated ShortWave Radiative Effect Over SubSaharan Africa Flegrova, Michaela, Brindley, Helen Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Two-stage downscaling and correction cascade learning framework for Li, Jie, Wei, Yingtao, Lin, Liupeng, Yuan, Qiangqiang, Shen, Huanfeng Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Albedo, Anisotropy
A global assessment of the effects of solar farms on albedo, vegetation, and land surface temperature using remote sensing Xu, Zhengjie, Li, Yan, Qin, Yingzuo, Bach, Eviatar Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy
Megagrazer loss drives complex landscape-scale biophysical cascades Hyvarinen, Olli, te Beest, Mariska, le Roux, Elizabeth, Kerley, Graham I H, Buitenwerf, Robert, Druce, Dave J, Chen, Jiquan, Rapp, Linda, Fernandes, Joana, Cromsigt, Joris P G M Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
Natural forest regeneration is projected to reduce local temperatures Alibakhshi, Sara, Cook-Patton, Susan C., Davin, Edouard, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Araujo, Miguel Bastos, Heinlein, Daniel, Heiskanen, Janne, Pellikka, Petri, Crowther, Thomas W. Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux
Impacts of forest cover change on local temperature in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta urban agglomerations of China Liu, Qing, Shen, Wenjuan, Wang, Tongyu, He, Jiaying, Cao, Pingting, Sun, Tianyi, Zhang, Ying, Ye, Wenjing, Huang, Chengquan Albedo, Anisotropy, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Reflectance
Non-negligible clear-sky biases of satellite thermal infrared observations for analyzing surface urban heat island intensity: A case study in China Ma, Jin, Zhou, Ji, Zhang, Tao, Tang, Wenbin, Liao, Yangsiyu, Yang, Miao Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Air Temperature, 24 Hour Maximum Temperature, 24 Hour Minimum Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Estimation of Vegetation Parameters of the VIC Model Using Remotely Sensed Data Gomez, Edna Lucia Espinosa, Rodriguez, Leticia, Zimmermann, Erik Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Exploring Topography Downscaling Methods for Hyper-Resolution Land Chen, Sisi, Li, Lu, Wei, Zhongwang, Wei, Nan, Zhang, Yonggen, Zhang, Shupeng, Yuan, Hua, Shangguan, Wei, Zhang, Shulei, Li, Qingliang, Dai, Yongjiu Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Identification of surface urban heat versus cool islands for arid cities depends on the choice of urban and rural definitions Liu, Zehong, Ye, Richen, Yang, Qiquan, Hu, Ting, Liu, Yue, Chakraborty, TC, Liao, Zhenxuan Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Evapotranspiration determination with satellite and reanalysis data Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Instituto de Hidrologia de Llanuras, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Degano, Maria Florencia, Rivas, Raul Eduardo, Bayala, Martin Ignacio Reflectance, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Albedo, Anisotropy
Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally Li, Yuxiang, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Zhou, Weiqi, Zhu, Kai, Abrams, Jesse F., Lenton, Timothy M., Ripple, William J., Yu, Zhaowu, Teng, Shuqing N., Dunn, Robert R., Xu, Chi Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Albedo, Anisotropy
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
Albedo_BSA_Band1 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 1 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_Band2 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 2 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_Band3 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 3 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_Band4 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 4 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_Band5 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 5 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_Band6 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 6 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_Band7 Black-Sky Albedo for Band 6 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_nir Black-Sky Albedo for NIR broadband N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_shortwave Black-Sky Albedo for shortwave broadband N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_BSA_vis Black-Sky Albedo for vis broadband N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band1 White-Sky Albedo for Band 1 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band2 White-Sky Albedo for Band 2 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band3 White-Sky Albedo for Band 3 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band4 White-Sky Albedo for Band 4 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band5 White-Sky Albedo for Band 5 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band6 White-Sky Albedo for Band 6 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_Band7 White-Sky Albedo for Band 7 N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_nir White-Sky Albedo for NIR broadband N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_shortwave White-Sky Albedo for shortwave broadband N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
Albedo_WSA_vis White-Sky Albedo for vis broadband N/A int16 32767 0 to 32766 0.001 N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band1 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 1 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band2 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 2 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band3 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 3 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band4 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 4 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band5 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 5 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band6 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 6 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_Band7 BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for Band 7 Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_nir BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for NIR broadband Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_shortwave BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for shortwave broadband Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Mandatory_Quality_vis BRDF Albedo Mandatory Quality for vis broadband Bit Field uint8 255 0 to 254 N/A N/A
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