Terra Product Descriptions: MOD02SSH

Last update: February 9 2015

Data Set Short Name:
MOD02SSH

Data Set Long Name:
MODIS/Terra Level 1B Subsampled Calibrated Radiance 5Km

Platform:
Terra

Instrument:
MODIS

Product Description:
Contains a 5km X 5km subsampling of the data from the MOD021KM file along with the associated metadata. Except for the different sizes of the arrays it has the same structure as the parent file including dimension names that dont match the new shorter sizes of those dimensions. The HDFEOS dimension map has been adjusted to reflect the fact that data fields and the geolocation fields are at exactly the same resolution.

Production Frequency:
288 files per day

Spatial Coverage:
Global

Spatial Resolution:
5 km at nadir

File Size (MB):
~7.4-15.2

Citation:

Dataset Originator/Creator:
MODIS Characterization Support Team (MCST)/
MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS)

Dataset DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD02SSH.NRT.006