MISR Level 3: Daily Global Land Surface Parameters at 0.5-Degree Resolution

A daily statistical summary of land surface parameters from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) satellite, version 4. The data provides global coverage on a 0.5-degree by 0.5-degree geographic grid, with parameters including directional hemispherical reflectance (DHR), FPAR, NDVI, and Leaf Area Index (LAI). It is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling global vegetation health and productivity based on daily DHR, FPAR, and NDVI summaries.
• Analyzing land surface bidirectional reflectance based on the BRF model parameters.
• Estimating photosynthetic activity and canopy structure using the DHR-PAR, DHR-NIR, and Leaf Area Index (LAI) data.
• Classifying land cover into vegetated and non-vegetated types based on the described classification scheme.

Strengths

• Provides daily global summaries on a consistent 0.5-degree grid.
• Contains multiple derived vegetation parameters (DHR, FPAR, NDVI, LAI) from a single source.
• Data is sourced from the MISR instrument, which uses nine cameras at multiple view angles (0 to 70.5 degrees).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and exact file sizes are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing data from the MISR instrument, processed to Level 3 daily statistical summaries.

Time Range

Daily coverage.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 00:10:22.915595; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global.