MODIS/Aqua MYD08_D3: Daily Global Atmospheric Parameters
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Description
NASA's MODIS/Aqua MYD08_D3 product provides daily 1-degree gridded global averages for atmospheric parameters including aerosol properties, total ozone, water vapor, and cloud characteristics. It contains roughly 600 statistical datasets derived from approximately 80 scientific parameters, computed over a 24-hour GMT interval on a consistent 360x180 pixel grid. This dataset supports the study of Earth's energy budget, climate interactions, and seasonal changes in global cloud cover.
Use Cases
Investigating aerosol-cloud interactions based on daily aerosol optical depth and cloud property averages.
Analyzing seasonal changes in cirrus cloud cover and phase using multispectral, high-resolution observations.
Modeling Earth's energy budget and climate by studying the interaction of clouds, water vapor, aerosols, and trace gases.
Tracking inter-annual variability of total ozone burden and atmospheric water vapor over a global 1-degree grid.
Strengths
Contains approximately 600 statistical datasets derived from around 80 core scientific parameters, offering high parameter density.
Provides a consistent daily global grid (360x180 pixels) with a 24-hour temporal resolution for time-series analysis.
Cross-platform presence on data.gov and NASA EarthData signals established importance and reliability for the atmospheric science community.
Limitations
Specific column names and data file sizes are not provided in the available metadata, complicating initial data exploration.
The listed future 'last updated' date of 2026-04 10 suggests potential metadata inaccuracies or automated updates.
Data is stored in HDF-EOS format, which may require specialized tools or libraries for access and processing.
Provenance
Source
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Collection Method
Satellite remote sensing from the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua spacecraft, processed through Level-2 to Level-3 aggregation.
Time Range
Daily intervals from the Aqua satellite mission operational period.
Freshness
2026-04-10 00:24:07.710724
Geography
Global coverage on a 1-degree equal-angle latitude-longitude grid.
License is listed as 'other-license-specified'; users must verify specific terms via NASA's MODIS-Atmosphere site. Data is in HDF-EOS format.