Terra (MODIS) – cloud properties

Available properties: physical and radiational properties, including information on the transitional phases (ice – water, clouds – snow), radius and dispersion of cloud particles, cloud optical thickness, cloud top temperature, cloud shadowing effects, cloud height, cloud phase, cloud fraction at day and night as well as other parameters.

The full list of available parameters is given below. For each parameter there are additional characteristics separated by semicolon (;). The characteristics apply to a single cell of regular latitude-longitude grid with spatial resolution of 1°×1°.

  • Cirrus
    • Reflectance
        Minimum; QA Mean; Mean; Standard Deviation; Maximum; QA Standard Deviation;
    • Fraction
        SWIR; Infrared Pixel Counts; SWIR Pixel Counts; Infrared;
  • Top Temperature
    • Day
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
    • Night
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
      • Mean; Minimum; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
  • Top Pressure
    • Day
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Day Pixel Counts;
    • Night
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
      • Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
  • Optical Thickness
    • Undertermined
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Log Mean; QA Log Mean; Log Standard Deviation; QA Log Standard Deviation; Standard Deviation; QA Mean; QA Standard Deviation;
    • Ice
      • Main
          Minimum; Mean; Maximum; QA Log Mean; Log Mean; Log Mean Uncertainty; QA Standard Deviation; Standard Deviation; Log Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty; Mean Uncertainty; QA Mean; QA Log Standard Deviation; QA Log Mean Uncertainty;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            Minimum; Mean; Maximum; QA Standard Deviation; Standard Deviation; QA Mean; Mean Uncertainty; QA Mean Uncertainty;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean; Joint Hist vs Effect Radius;
    • Liquid
      • Main
          Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Log Standard Deviation; Mean Uncertainty; Log Mean Uncertainty; Standard Deviation; Log Mean; QA Standard Deviation; QA Log Mean Uncertainty; QA Mean; QA Log Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty; QA Log Mean;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            Mean; Maximum; Minimum; Standard Deviation; Mean Uncertainty; QA Mean Uncertainty; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean; Joint Hist vs Effect Radius;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Mean; QA Standard Deviation; Maximum; QA Mean; Minimum; Standard Deviation; Joint Hist vs Effect Radius;
    • Combined
        Minimum; Maximum; Mean; QA Log Mean; Log Mean; Standard Deviation; Log Standard Deviation; QA Log Standard Deviation; QA Mean; QA Standard Deviation;
  • Effective Radius
    • Undertermined
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; QA Standard Deviation; Standard Deviation; QA Mean;
    • Ice
      • Main
          Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Mean; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty; Mean Uncertainty;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            Minimum; Mean; Maximum; QA Mean; Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty; Mean Uncertainty; QA Standard Deviation;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean;
    • Liquid
      • Main
          Minimum; Mean; Maximum; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean; Mean Uncertainty; Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Mean Uncertainty; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty; Standard Deviation; QA Mean;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Standard Deviation; QA_Mean;
    • Combined
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Standard Deviation; QA Mean;
  • Effective Emissivity
      Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
    • Night
        Minimum; Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
    • Day
        Minimum; Mean; Day Maximum; Standard Deviation; Pixel Counts;
  • Water Path
    • Undertermined
        Mean; Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Mean; Minimum; QA Standard Deviation;
    • Ice
      • Main
          Maximum; Standard Deviation; QA Mean; QA Mean Uncertainty; Minimum; Mean Uncertainty; QA Standard Deviation; Mean;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            QA Mean Uncertainty; Maximum; Mean Uncertainty; QA Mean; Minimum; Standard Deviation; Mean; QA Standard Deviation;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Standard Deviation; Maximum; QA Mean; Mean; Minimum; QA Standard Deviation;
    • Liquid
      • Main
          QA Mean Uncertainty; Maximum; QA Mean; Mean; Minimum; Standard Deviation; QA Standard Deviation; Mean Uncertainty;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            QA Standard Deviation; Maximum; QA Mean; Minimum; Mean Uncertainty; Mean; Standard Deviation; QA Mean Uncertainty;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Maximum; QA Mean; Minimum; QA Standard Deviation; Mean; Standard Deviation;
    • Combined
        Standard Deviation; Maximum; Minimum; QA Standard Deviation; Mean; QA Mean;
  • Fraction
    • Undertermined
        Undetermined; Pixel Counts;
    • Ice
      • Main
          Ice; Pixel Counts;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            Ice; Pixel Counts;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Pixel Counts; Ice;
    • Liquid
      • Main
          Liquid; Pixel Counts;
      • Supplementary
        • Single layer clouds only
            Liquid; Pixel Counts;
        • Over water, snow, ice (bands 6 and 7)
            Pixel Counts; Liquid;
    • Combined
        Combined; Pixel Counts;
    • Multi Layer Clouds Only
        Liquid; Undetermined; Liquid Pixel Counts; Combined; Ice Pixel Counts; Combined Pixel Counts; Undetermined Pixel Counts; Ice;
      • Ratio of multi layer clouds to all clouds
          Ice; Liquid; Undetermined; Ice Pixel Counts; Combined; Combined Pixel Counts; Undetermined Pixel Counts; Liquid Pixel Counts;
    • Day
        Mean; Maximum; Minimum; Pixel Counts; Standard Deviation;
    • Night
        Minimum; Maximum; Mean; Pixel Counts; Standard Deviation; Infrared; Infrared Pixel Counts;
      • Minimum; Maximum; Mean; Standard Deviation;