MODIS_ACDNC Adiabatic Cloud Droplet Number Concentration daily value

Cloud droplet number concentration is derived from MODerate Resolution Imager Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data from NASA's Terra platform.

The MOD08_D3 daily data (collection 4 processing stream) on a grid of 1x1 degrees is used, which can be downloaded from http://eosdata.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/MODIS/Data_order.pl.

From the joint histrogram of cloud optical thickness (COD) and cloud-top droplet effective radius (CDR) for liquid water clouds, CDNC is diagnosed assuming adiabatic clouds.

 
Citation proposal
(2005) . MODIS_ACDNC Adiabatic Cloud Droplet Number Concentration daily value. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/wdc-climate.de:2066450
 

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Date ( Publication )
2005-12-14
Edition
1
Identifier
MODIS_CDNC
Identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/MODIS_CDNC

  Principal investigator

Contact instructions
Email: johannes.quaas@uni-leipzig.de
Website
http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/  

  Author

Contact instructions
Email: johannes.quaas@uni-leipzig.de
Website
http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/  

  Author

Contact instructions
Email: olivier.boucher@ipsl.fr
Website
n/a  

  Publisher

  Point of contact

Website
https://meteo.physgeo.uni-leipzig.de  

Format

Name
NetCDF
Keywords
  • MODIS
Keywords
  • satellite
Use limitation
unrestricted: unrestricted
Metadata language
eng; USA
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Distribution

Distribution

Distribution format
  • NetCDF ()

Digital transfer options

Transfer size
475
OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=MODIS_CDNC  
 

Quality

Data quality

Hierarchy level
collection collection

Completeness commission

Name of measure
n/a
Measure description
None

Non quantitative attribute accuracy

Name of measure
n/a
Measure description
None
 

Content

Coverage Description

Attribute description
cloud_droplet_number_concentration
Dimension
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
wdc-climate.de:2066450   XML
Metadata language
eng; USA
Hierarchy level
collection collection
Hierarchy level name
MODIS_CDNC
Date stamp
2005-09-27T14:19:19
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115
Metadata standard version
ISO 19115-2:2009

  Point of contact

Website
http://www.dkrz.de/  

  Point of contact

Website
https://meteo.physgeo.uni-leipzig.de  
 
 

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