MODIS_cloud_df {FRK}

MODIS cloud data

Description

An image of a cloud taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard the Aqua satellite (MODIS Characterization Support Team, 2015).

Usage

MODIS_cloud_df

Format

A data frame with 33,750 rows and 3 variables:

x

x-coordinate

y

y-coordinate

z

binary dependent variable: 1 if cloud is present, 0 if no cloud. This variable has been thresholded from the original continuous measurement of radiance supplied by the MODIS instrument

z_unthresholded

The original continuous measurement of radiance supplied by the MODIS instrument

References

MODIS Characterization Support Team (2015). MODIS 500m Calibrated Radiance Product.NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA.