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NC_GLOBAL.Conventions: CF-1.4 NC_GLOBAL.title: LANDMET Total Effective and Spectral Albedo Ancillary Data NC_GLOBAL.author: William B. Rossow NC_GLOBAL.producer: William B. Rossow NC_GLOBAL.institution: The City College of New York NOAA/CREST NC_GLOBAL.first_release_date: November 2016 NC_GLOBAL.source: Multiple Observational Sources NC_GLOBAL.version_id: 1 NC_GLOBAL.citation: TBD NC_GLOBAL.references: TBD NC_GLOBAL.identifier_Product_DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/LANDMET/ANC002 NC_GLOBAL.identifier_prouct_DOI_authority: http://dx.doi.org/ NC_GLOBAL.comment: Monthly mean Albedos ; Version one produced at CCNY NC_GLOBAL.processingLevel: 3 NC_GLOBAL.short_name: LANDMET_ANC_TESA NC_GLOBAL.long_name: LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Effective and Spectral Albedo Data L3 NC_GLOBAL.granule_id: LANDMET_ANC_TESA_L3_19982007_v1.nc NC_GLOBAL.format: netCDF-4 classic NC_GLOBAL.range_beginning_time: 00:00:00 NC_GLOBAL.range_ending_time: 23:59:59 NC_GLOBAL.range_beginning_date: 1998-01-01 NC_GLOBAL.range_ending_date: 2007-12-31 NC_GLOBAL.production_run_date: 2016-11-22 NC_GLOBAL.production_run_time: 11:27:29
Variables:
eqlon
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Center longitude of equal-area cell units: degrees_east valid_min: 0.000000000000000 valid_max: 360.0000000000000
eqlat
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Center latitude of equal-area cell units: degrees_north valid_min: -90.00000000000000 valid_max: 90.00000000000000
eqlon_index
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Longitude index of equal-area cell units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 360
eqlat_index
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Latitude index of equal-area cell units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 180
eqcells_in_zone
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqzone = 0..179]
eqzone:
long_name: Number of longitude cells in each equal-area zone units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 360
eqarea
: Array of 32 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Equal-area cell area units: km2
lon
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359]
lon:
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
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359][edge = 0..1]
lon:
edge:
long_name: Begining and ending longitude for each longitude zone units: degrees_east
lat
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179]
lat:
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
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179][edge = 0..1]
lat:
edge:
long_name: Beginning and ending latitude for each latitude zone units: degrees_north
sqlon_beg
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Square grid beginning longitude index units: 1
sqlon_end
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Square grid ending longitude index units: 1
land_fraction
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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
: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..11][eqcell = 0..41251]
time:
eqcell:
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
: Array of strings [modis_bands = 0..6]
modis_bands:
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
: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..11][eqcell = 0..41251][modis_bands = 0..6]
time:
eqcell:
modis_bands:
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
: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..11][eqcell = 0..41251][modis_bands = 0..6]
time:
eqcell:
modis_bands:
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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