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NC_GLOBAL.Conventions: "CF-1.0" NC_GLOBAL.title: "MISR Level 3 Seasonal Component Global Albedo Product (5 degree) for Summer 2007, AlbedoAverage_5_degree grid fields. Version F04_0022" NC_GLOBAL.history: "Wed Oct 31 08:49:17 2007, produced by MISR Level 3 PGE software (MISR_EXEC_VERSION: V4.2_PGE12BP MISR_EXEC_NAME:pge12bp.cc)" NC_GLOBAL.institution: "NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (ASDC)" NC_GLOBAL.source: "Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) on Terra, NASA's first Earth Observing System (EOS) spacecraft" NC_GLOBAL.references: "MISR Data Sets:\\012http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/misr/table_misr.html\\012MISR Data Products Specifications:\\012http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/misr/DPS/\\012MISR Level 3 Versioning:\\012http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/misr/Version/pge12b.html\\012MISR Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATB):\\012http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/atbd/viewInstrument.php?instrument=9\\012For MISR Level 2 Surface Retrieval ATB references in variable long_name attributes:\\012http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/for_scientists/atbd/docs/MISR/atbd-misr-10.pdf" NC_GLOBAL.comment: "The MISR Level 3 Component Global Albedo (CGAL) AlbedoParameterAverage\\012grid fields summarize selected MISR Level 2 Surface parameters. The\\012Level 3 global summaries are reported on a rectangular, geographic\\012grid that is 1 degree latitude by 1 degree longitude\\012(or 5 degree by 5 degree). The lower left corner of the grid is\\012located at -90 S, -180 W. The center of the lower left corner grid\\012cell is at -89.5 S, -179.5 W (or -87.5 S, -177.5 W)." NC_GLOBAL.LOCALGRANULEID: "MISR_AM1_CGAL_5_DEG_SUM_2007_F04_0022.nc" NC_GLOBAL.LOCALVERSIONID: "MISR_EXEC_VERSION: V4.2_PGE12BP MISR_EXEC_NAME:pge12bp.cc" NC_GLOBAL.PGEVERSION: "4.2" NC_GLOBAL.EASTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE: 180.00000000000000 NC_GLOBAL.WESTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE: -180.00000000000000 NC_GLOBAL.SOUTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE: -90.000000000000000 NC_GLOBAL.NORTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE: 90.000000000000000 NC_GLOBAL.RANGEENDINGDATE: "2007-08-31" NC_GLOBAL.RANGEENDINGTIME: "23:59:59" NC_GLOBAL.RANGEBEGINNINGDATE: "2007-06-01" NC_GLOBAL.RANGEBEGINNINGTIME: "00:00:00"
Variables:
Orbit_Number
: Array of 32 bit Integers [Orbit_Number = 0..1238]
Orbit_Number:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 long_name: "Orbit numbers of MISR Level 2 files which are summarized in this\\012Level 3 file." units: "count" valid_min: 1
Path_Number
: Grid
Orbit_Number:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 long_name: "Orbital path numbers of MISR Level 2 files which are summarized in this\\012Level 3 file." units: "count" valid_min: 1 valid_max: 233
Local_Granule_Id
: Array of strings [Orbit_Number = 0..1238][LocalGranuleString = 0..79]
Orbit_Number:
LocalGranuleString:
_FillValue: "" missing_value: "" long_name: "Local Granule Id (file name) of MISR Level 2 files which are summarized\\012in this Level 3 file."
Local_Version_Id
: Array of strings [Orbit_Number = 0..1238][LocalVersionString = 0..99]
Orbit_Number:
LocalVersionString:
_FillValue: "" missing_value: "" long_name: "Local Version Id (MISR_EXEC_VERSION (software version label) and\\012MISR_EXEC_NAME (executable name)) used to produce each of the MISR\\012Level 2 files which are summarized in this Level 3 file."
latitude
: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..35]
latitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 axis: "Y" bounds: "latitude_bounds" units: "degrees_north" standard_name: "latitude" long_name: "Midpoint of the latitude range summarized by each row of grid cells."
longitude
: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..71]
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 axis: "X" bounds: "longitude_bounds" units: "degrees_east" standard_name: "longitude" long_name: "Midpoint of the longitude range summarized by each column of grid cells."
latitude_bounds
: Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..35][Number_of_cell_vertices = 0..1]
latitude:
Number_of_cell_vertices:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 units: "degrees_north" standard_name: "latitude" long_name: "Upper and lower bound of each latitude range summarized by each row of\\012grid cells."
longitude_bounds
: Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..71][Number_of_cell_vertices = 0..1]
longitude:
Number_of_cell_vertices:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 units: "degrees_east" standard_name: "longitude" long_name: "Upper and lower bound of each longitude range summarized by each column of\\012grid cells."
time
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0]
time:
_FillValue: 0.000000000 missing_value: 0.000000000 axis: "T" bounds: "time_bounds" units: "days since 2000-01-01 00:00:00" calendar: "standard" long_name: "Time"
time_bounds
: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][Number_of_cell_vertices = 0..1]
time:
Number_of_cell_vertices:
_FillValue: 0.000000000 missing_value: 0.000000000 units: "days since 2000-01-01 00:00:00" calendar: "standard" long_name: "Beginning and end of the time period summarized by this file."
Band_labels
: Array of strings [Band = 0..4][DimensionString = 0..59]
Band:
DimensionString:
_FillValue: " " missing_value: " "
Band
: Array of 32 bit Integers [Band = 0..4]
Band:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 coordinates: "Band_labels" coord_labels: "Band_labels" long_name: "MISR spectral band name and nominal center wavelength, and broadband approximation."
Swath_count
: Grid
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 long_name: "Count of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo swaths which contain data used\\012in the calculation of a Level 3 grid cell." units: "count" cell_methods: "latitude: sum longitude: sum period: sum" valid_min: 0
Expansive_albedo_average
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average of expansive albedo. This is the average of the reflected\\012flux divided by the average solar insolation, not a direct average\\012of the Level 2 Albedos. This is the albedo that would be measured at a\\01230 km altitude, encompassing reflection from the entire scene viewable\\012from that point. The Level 2 product that this variable summarizes\\012provides the best estimate of top of atmosphere (TOA) energetics for the\\012region. This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regional fields, AlbedoExpansive and AlbedoExpansiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoExpansive: Expansive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoExpansiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Expansive Albedo measurements." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged; these\\012swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000
Expansive_albedo_first_moment
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average of expansive albedo. This is a direct average of the Level 2 Albedos\\012This is the albedo that would be measured at a 30 km altitude,\\012encompassing reflection from the entire scene viewable from that point.\\012The Level 2 product that this variable summarizes provides the best estimate\\012of top of atmosphere (TOA) energetics for the region. This is a summary of\\012the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x 35.2 km Regional fields,\\012AlbedoExpansive and AlbedoExpansiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoExpansive: Expansive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoExpansiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Expansive Albedo measurements." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged; these\\012swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000
Expansive_albedo_standard_deviation
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Standard deviation of expansive albedo.\\012This is the albedo that would be measured at a 30 km altitude,\\012encompassing reflection from the entire scene viewable from that point.\\012The Level 2 product that this variable summarizes provides the best estimate\\012of top of atmosphere (TOA) energetics for the region. This is a summary of\\012the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x 35.2 km Regional fields,\\012AlbedoExpansive and AlbedoExpansiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoExpansive: Expansive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoExpansiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Expansive Albedo measurements." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: longitude: period: standard_deviation\\012(This is the standard deviation of the swath averages which are averaged\\012to form the direct average of the Level 2 Albedos in variable\\012Expansive_albedo_first_moment_1_deg.)" valid_min: 0.000000000
Expansive_albedo_solar_insolation
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average solar insolation of pixels that contribute to Expansive albedo average." units: "watts/(meter^2 micrometer)" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged;\\012these swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000
Expansive_albedo_swath_count
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 long_name: "Count of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo swaths which contain 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regions whose centers are within the Level 3 grid cell and\\012which are used in the calculation of the corresponding element of the\\012Expansive_albedo_average_1_deg variable." units: "count" cell_methods: "latitude: sum longitude: sum period: sum" valid_min: 0
Local_albedo_average
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average of local albedo. This is the average of the reflected flux\\012divided by the average solar insolation, not a direct average of the\\012Level 2 Albedos. \\012This is a specialized product that provides the unobscured portion of\\012reflected irradiance averaged at Level 2 over a 2.2 km subregion\\012(normalized by incident top of atmosphere (TOA) irradiance). Because\\012of obscuration by higher neighboring subregions, the local albedo may\\012be highly variable for heterogeneous clouds, and attention must be\\012given to the associated obscuration factors. \\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo AlbedoLocal field. \\012AlbedoLocal: 2.2 km x 2.2 km SubRegional Local TOA albedo (four bands)." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged; these\\012swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000
Local_albedo_first_moment
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average of local albedo. This is a direct average of the Level 2\\012Albedos. \\012This is a specialized product that provides the unobscured\\012portion of reflected irradiance averaged at Level 2 over a 2.2 km\\012subregion (normalized by incident top of atmosphere (TOA) irradiance).\\012Because of obscuration by higher neighboring subregions, the local\\012albedo may be highly variable for heterogeneous clouds, and attention\\012must be given to the associated obscuration factors. \\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo AlbedoLocal field.\\012AlbedoLocal: 2.2 km x 2.2 km SubRegional Local TOA albedo (four bands)." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged; these\\012swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000
Local_albedo_standard_deviation
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Standard deviation of local albedo.\\012This is a specialized product that provides the unobscured portion of\\012reflected irradiance averaged at Level 2 over a 2.2 km subregion\\012(normalized by incident top of atmosphere (TOA) irradiance). Because\\012of obscuration by higher neighboring subregions, the local albedo may\\012be highly variable for heterogeneous clouds, and attention must be\\012given to the associated obscuration factors.\\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo AlbedoLocal field.\\012AlbedoLocal: 2.2 km x 2.2 km SubRegional Local TOA albedo (four bands)." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: longitude: period: standard_deviation\\012(This is the standard deviation of the swath averages which are averaged\\012to form the direct average of the Level 2 Albedos in variable\\012Local_albedo_first_moment_1_deg.)" valid_min: 0.000000000
Local_albedo_solar_insolation
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average solar insolation of pixels that contribute to Local albedo average.\\012This is a specialized product that provides the unobscured portion of\\012reflected irradiance averaged at Level 2 over a 2.2 km subregion\\012(normalized by incident top of atmosphere (TOA) irradiance). Because\\012of obscuration by higher neighboring subregions, the local albedo may\\012be highly variable for heterogeneous clouds, and attention must be\\012given to the associated obscuration factors.\\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo AlbedoLocal field.\\012AlbedoLocal: 2.2 km x 2.2 km SubRegional Local TOA albedo (four bands)." units: "watts/(meter^2 micrometer)" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged;\\012these swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000
Local_albedo_swath_count
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 long_name: "Count of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo swaths which contain 2.2 km x\\0122.2 km SubRegions whose centers are within the Level 3 grid cell and\\012which are used in the calculation of the corresponding element of the\\012Local_albedo_average_1_deg variable." units: "count" cell_methods: "latitude: sum longitude: sum period: sum" valid_min: 0
Restrictive_albedo_average
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average of restrictive albedo. This is the average of the reflected\\012flux divided by the average solar insolation, not a direct average of\\012the Level 2 Albedos.\\012This is an ERBE-like albedo. The Level 2 data is produced by averaging\\012over 35.2 km x 35.2 km Regions at a level close to the reflecting\\012surface, without regard to adjacent regions. This differs from the\\012expansive albedo when the scenes are heterogeneous over large\\012areas.\\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regional fields, AlbedoRestrictive and AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoRestrictive: Restrictive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Restrictive Albedo measurements." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged; these\\012swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000
Restrictive_albedo_first_moment
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average of restrictive albedo. This is a direct average of the Level 2\\012Albedos.\\012This is an ERBE-like albedo. The Level 2 data is produced by averaging\\012over 35.2 km x 35.2 km Regions at a level close to the reflecting\\012surface, without regard to adjacent regions. This differs from the\\012expansive albedo when the scenes are heterogeneous over large\\012areas.\\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regional fields, AlbedoRestrictive and AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoRestrictive: Restrictive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Restrictive Albedo measurements." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged; these\\012swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000
Restrictive_albedo_standard_deviation
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Standard deviation of restrictive albedo.\\012This is an ERBE-like albedo. The Level 2 data is produced by averaging\\012over 35.2 km x 35.2 km Regions at a level close to the reflecting\\012surface, without regard to adjacent regions. This differs from the\\012expansive albedo when the scenes are heterogeneous over large\\012areas.\\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regional fields, AlbedoRestrictive and AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoRestrictive: Restrictive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Restrictive Albedo measurements." units: "1" cell_methods: "latitude: longitude: period: standard_deviation\\012(This is the standard deviation of the swath averages which are averaged\\012to form the direct average of the Level 2 Albedos in variable\\012Restrictive_albedo_first_moment_1_deg.)" valid_min: 0.000000000
Restrictive_albedo_solar_insolation
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999.000000 missing_value: -9999.000000 long_name: "Average solar insolation of pixels that contribute to Restrictive\\012albedo average.\\012This is an ERBE-like albedo. The Level 2 data is produced by averaging\\012over 35.2 km x 35.2 km Regions at a level close to the reflecting\\012surface, without regard to adjacent regions. This differs from the\\012expansive albedo when the scenes are heterogeneous over large\\012areas.\\012This is a summary of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regional fields, AlbedoRestrictive and AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband.\\012AlbedoRestrictive: Restrictive albedo (four bands).\\012AlbedoRestrictiveBroadband: Broadband albedo calculated from a linear\\012combination of all four spectral Restrictive Albedo measurements." units: "watts/(meter^2 micrometer)" cell_methods: "latitude: mean longitude: mean period: mean\\012(The contributing Level 2 pixels from each swath are first averaged;\\012these swath averages are then averaged to form the mean.)" valid_min: 0.000000000
Restrictive_albedo_swath_count
: Grid
Band:
time:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 long_name: "Count of the MISR Level 2 Cloud Albedo swaths which contain 35.2 km x\\01235.2 km Regions whose centers are within the Level 3 grid cell and\\012which are used in the calculation of the corresponding element of the\\012Restrictive_albedo_average_1_deg variable." units: "count" cell_methods: "latitude: sum longitude: sum period: sum" valid_min: 0
observation
: Array of Bytes [observation = 0..5]
observation:
_FillValue: 0 missing_value: 0 units: "counts" long_name: "Observations with a grid cell for a day."
timeobs
: Array of 32 bit Reals [timeobs = 0..91]
timeobs:
_FillValue: 0.000000000 missing_value: 0.000000000 axis: "T" bounds: "timeobs_bounds" units: "days since 2000-01-01 00:00:00" calendar: "standard" long_name: "Midpoint of the day represented by each plane of grid cells of the\\012Minute_of_day_of_observation and Orbit_number_of_observation variables."
timeobs_bounds
: Array of 32 bit Reals [timeobs = 0..91][Number_of_cell_vertices = 0..1]
timeobs:
Number_of_cell_vertices:
_FillValue: 0.000000000 missing_value: 0.000000000 units: "days since 2000-01-01 00:00:00" calendar: "standard" long_name: "Beginning and end of the day represented by each plane of grid cells of the\\012Minute_of_day_of_observation and Orbit_number_of_observation variables."
Minute_of_day_of_observation
: Grid
observation:
timeobs:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999 missing_value: -9999 long_name: "Minute of day at which time any part of a Level 2 swath intersects the\\012location and period of a Level 3 grid cell. The time of this observation\\012is the average of the Level 2 block center time of the first and last\\012Level 2 blocks which intersect the Level 3 grid cell." units: "minute" cell_methods: "latitude: point longitude: point time: point" valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1439
Orbit_number_of_observation
: Grid
observation:
timeobs:
latitude:
longitude:
_FillValue: -9999 missing_value: -9999 long_name: "Orbit number of a Level 2 swath which intersects the location and period\\012of a Level 3 grid cell." units: "count" cell_methods: "latitude: point longitude: point time: point" valid_min: 1
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