Aqua Product Descriptions: MYD02QKM

Last update: August 18, 2017

Data Set Short Name:
MYD02QKM

Data Set Long Name:
MODIS/Aqua Calibrated Radiances 5Min L1B Swath 250m

Platform:
Aqua

Instrument:
MODIS

Product Description:
The 250 meter MODIS Level 1B data set contains calibrated and geolocated at-aperture radiances for 2 discrete bands located in the 0.62 to 0.88 micron region of the electromagnetic spectrum. These data are generated from the MODIS Level 1A scans of raw radiance and in the process converted to geophysical units of W / (m^2 um sr). Additional data are provided including quality flags, error estimates and calibration data.
The Shortname for this product is MYD02QKM and is stored in the Earth Observing System Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS).
See the MODIS Characterization Support Team webpage for more C6.1 product information at: http://mcst.gsfc.nasa.gov/l1b/product-information
or visit Science Team homepage at: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/

Production Frequency:
144 files per day

Spatial Coverage:
Global

Spatial Resolution:
250 m at nadir

File Size (MB):
275

Citation:

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

Dataset DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD02QKM.061