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Operational MODIS surface albedo data product (MOD43B3/MCD43B3) 0.47, 0.56, 0.67, 0.86, 1.24, 1.64, 2.1 m , 0.3-5.0, 0.7-5.0, 0.3-0.7 m 1 km spatial resolution (sinusoidal projection stored as 10 x 10 tiles) 16-day periodicity (001, 017, , 353) Limitations Spatial and temporal gaps due to cloud cover and seasonal snow Motivation Ancillary input for ground-based (AERONET), airborne, and satellite remote sensing Land surface and climate modeling Global change research projects
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10 Grasslands 11 Permanent Wetlands
Urban 0.17% Crop Mosaic 3.34% Evrg. Needle Forest Evrg. Broad Forest 4.19% 10.38%
Mixed Forest Decd. Broad Forest Decd. Needle Forest 4.85% 1.40% 1.19%
General Methodology
Compute regional ecosystem statistics
Only 10-15% of pixels have adequate coverage to obtain phenology Maintains pixel level detail with appropriate phenology
Select curve that has best representation
Representation of existing pixel data Completeness of trend Bias towards smaller statistical box sizes
Fill missing values with selected curve
Processing Preparation
Prepare MOD43B3 data
Mosaic SIN data onto 1-minute climate modeling grid Apply MOD43B3 QA
Remove lesser quality pixels Remove seasonal snow
Unique ecosystem and wavelength extrema percent change Compute % change from pixels with adequate representation
For each pixel/statistical curve
Pin winter endpoints with value computed from Percent change Summer extrema
Then apply General Methodology
Usually full growth stage is obscured Even 10x30 boxes may not observe complete temporal trend
Compute 1 statistical curve per ecosystem class
5-15 Latitude belts Centered around pixels latitude Yearly phenological behavior curves Instead of 2 half year curves
Impose shape of curve onto existing pixel data
Missing Season
Asian Monsoon
Urban Ecosystem
Available Products
2001 (v3) and 2002 (v4) spatially complete albedo maps Maps and QA stored in 1-minute rectangular coordinates First seven MODIS wavelengths and 3 broadband White- and black-sky albedo values 2001 (v3) and 2002 (v4) statistics of filled albedo maps 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 box sizes Statistics computed in boxes and by ecosystem class in boxes
Currently processing 2000-2004 (v4)
Statistics of snow albedos Hemispheric averages of MOD43B3 validated data Separated by ecosystem class and NISE wet/dry classification IGBP ecosystem classification map Maps and QA stored in 1-minute rectangular coordinates
Anonymous FTP Via website Direct link Available Albedo maps Albedo QA maps Albedo statistics Ecosystem map Snow albedo statistics NDVI Images and movies
Distinguishes land snow and sea ice (away from coastal regions) Identifies wet vs dry snow
Projected onto an equal-area 1 angle grid
Surface albedo flagged as snow Aggregate only snow pixels whose composite NISE snow type is >90% is flagged as either wet or dry snow in any 16-day period Hemispherical multiyear statistics Separate spectral albedo by ecosystem (MOD12Q1)
Results represent average snow conditions
Additional sources of variability include snow depth, snow age, grain size, contamination (soot), and, in the case of black-sky albedo, solar zenith angle
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Uses high-quality operational MODIS surface albedo dataset Imposes phenological curve and ecosystem-dependent variability White- and black-sky albedos produced for 7 spectral bands and 3 broadbands
See modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov for data access and further descriptions, and
Moody, E. G., M. D. King, S., Platnick, C. B. Schaaf, and F. Gao, 2005: Spatially complete global spectral surface albedos: Value-added datasets derived from Terra MODIS land products. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43, 144-158.
Spectral albedo of snow
Hemispheric averages of MOD43B3 validated data Separated by ecosystem class and NISE wet/dry classification Additional variability due to snow depth, age, grain size, and contamination not accessible from MODIS data alone, and hence not incorporated