OPeNDAP Data Access Form for LANDMET_ANC_TESA_L3_19982007_v1.nc
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dataset: LANDMET_ANC_TESA_L3_19982007_v1.nc




  • NC_GLOBAL
    • Conventions: CF-1.4
    • title: LANDMET Total Effective and Spectral Albedo Ancillary Data
    • author: William B. Rossow
    • producer: William B. Rossow
    • institution: The City College of New York NOAA/CREST
    • first_release_date: November 2016
    • source: Multiple Observational Sources
    • version_id: 1
    • citation: TBD
    • references: TBD
    • identifier_Product_DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/LANDMET/ANC002
    • identifier_prouct_DOI_authority: http://dx.doi.org/
    • comment: Monthly mean Albedos ; Version one produced at CCNY
    • processingLevel: 3
    • short_name: LANDMET_ANC_TESA
    • long_name: LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Effective and Spectral Albedo Data L3
    • granule_id: LANDMET_ANC_TESA_L3_19982007_v1.nc
    • format: netCDF-4 classic
    • range_beginning_time: 00:00:00
    • range_ending_time: 23:59:59
    • range_beginning_date: 1998-01-01
    • range_ending_date: 2007-12-31
    • production_run_date: 2016-11-22
    • production_run_time: 11:27:29


eqlon[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Float32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Center longitude of equal-area cell
    • units: degrees_east
    • valid_min: 0.000000000000000
    • valid_max: 360.0000000000000
eqlat[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Float32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Center latitude of equal-area cell
    • units: degrees_north
    • valid_min: -90.00000000000000
    • valid_max: 90.00000000000000
eqlon_index[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Longitude index of equal-area cell
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 1
    • valid_max: 360
eqlat_index[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Latitude index of equal-area cell
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 1
    • valid_max: 180
eqcells_in_zone[ eqzone= 0 ..179] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Number of longitude cells in each equal-area zone
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 1
    • valid_max: 360
eqarea[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Equal-area cell area
    • units: km2
lon[ lon= 0 ..359] (Type is Float32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Longitude
    • units: degrees_east
    • valid_min: 0.000000000000000
    • valid_max: 360.0000000000000
    • bounds: lon_bounds
    • description: Center longitude of square grid cell
lon_bounds[ lon= 0 ..359] [ edge= 0 ..1] (Type is Float32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Begining and ending longitude for each longitude zone
    • units: degrees_east
lat[ lat= 0 ..179] (Type is Float32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Latitude
    • units: degrees_north
    • valid_min: -90.00000000000000
    • valid_max: 90.00000000000000
    • bounds: lat_bounds
    • description: Center latitude of square grid cell
lat_bounds[ lat= 0 ..179] [ edge= 0 ..1] (Type is Float32)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Beginning and ending latitude for each latitude zone
    • units: degrees_north
sqlon_beg[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Square grid beginning longitude index
    • units: 1
sqlon_end[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Square grid ending longitude index
    • units: 1
land_fraction[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Land Area Fraction
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 0
    • valid_max: 1
    • scale: 0.01000000000000000
    • FillValue: -9999
    • description: Fraction of Land found in equal area cell
    • reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html
height[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Mean topographical height
    • units: m
    • valid_min: 5417
    • valid_max: -48
    • scale: 1
    • _FillValue: -9999
    • description: Mean topographical height above sea level taken from ISCCP; reference:http://www.noaacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html
    • references: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html
sigma_height[ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • valid_min: 1744
    • valid_max: 0
    • long_name: topographic height standard deviation
    • units: m
    • description: standard deviation of mean topographical taken from ISCCP; reference:http://www.noaacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html
    • reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html
FDesa[ time= 0 ..11] [ eqcell= 0 ..41251] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Effective surface albedo
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 0
    • valid_max: 1
    • scale_factor: 0.00100000005
    • _fillValue: -9999
    • description: Monthly total effective surface albedo over land at solar wavelengths from the ISCCP FD product (including snow). Calculated by taking the ratio of upwelling to downwelling shortwave fluxes , over all wavelengths for all sky illumination over time period of 1998 -2007
    • referenc: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html
mblabel[ modis_bands= 0 ..6] (Type is String)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Modis albedo band label
    • units: 1
    • description: Modis albedo band label from the Gap filled Snow-Free MODIS Black Sky Albedo Product
    • string_length: 17
msa[ time= 0 ..11] [ eqcell= 0 ..41251] [ modis_bands= 0 ..6] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: surface albedo over land asuming no snow
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 0
    • valid_max: 1
    • scale_factor: 0.00100000005
    • _FillValue: -9999
    • description: Monthly mean Spectral Albedo over land at 7 MODIS bands (0.47,0.55, 0.67,0.86,1.24,1.64,2.1 micrometers) from the Gap filled Snow-Free MODIS Black Sky Albedo Product where only data with the first 3 Quality flags are saved; Time period: 2003-2015
    • reference: http://www.umb.edu/spectralmass/terra_aqua_modis/modis_brdf_albedo_cmg_gap_filled_snow_free_product_mcd43gf_v005
sigma_msa[ time= 0 ..11] [ eqcell= 0 ..41251] [ modis_bands= 0 ..6] (Type is Int16)
  • attributes
    • long_name: Standard deviation surface albedo over land assuming no snow
    • units: 1
    • valid_min: 0
    • valid_max: 1
    • scale_factor: 0.00100000005
    • _FillValue: -9999
    • description: Monthly Standard deviation of surface albedo over land at 7 MODIS bands(0.47,0.55, 0.67,0.86,1.24,1.64,2.1 micrometers) from the Gap filled Snow-Free MODIS Black Sky Albedo Product where only data with the first 3 Quality flags are saved; Time period: 2003-2015
    • reference: http://www.umb.edu/spectralmass/terra_aqua_modis/modis_brdf_albedo_cmg_gap_filled_snow_free_product_mcd43gf_v005

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