Aqua Product Descriptions: PM1EPHND

Last update: February 9 201

Data Set Short Name:
PM1EPHND_NRT

Data Set Long Name:
PM1 24hour Spacecraft ephemeris/orbit data files to be read via SDP Toolkit Binary Format

Platform:
Aqua

Instrument:
MODIS

Product Description:
PM1EPHND is the Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) daily spacecraft definitive ephemeris data file in native format. This is MODIS Ancillary Data. The data collection consists of PM1 Platform Attitude Data that has been preprocessed by ECS to an internal standard supported by the ECS SDP Toolkit. This data is typically used in determining the geolocation of earth remote sensing observations.

Production Frequency:
288 files per day

Spatial Coverage:
Global

File Size MB:
0.214

Citation:

Dataset Originator/Creator:
MODIS Science Team/MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS)

Data Authors:
MODIS SDST

Dataset DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/PM1EPHND_NRT.006