MCD43A2.006 MODIS BRDF-Albedo Quality Daily 500m (MODIS/006/MCD43A2)

Version V006

The MCD43A2 V6 Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution
Function and Albedo (BRDF/Albedo) Quality dataset is a 500 meter
daily 16-day product. It contains all the quality information
for the corresponding 16-day MCD43A3 Albedo and the MCD43A4 Nadir-BRDF
(NBAR) products.

The MCD43A2 contains individual band quality
and observation information for the MODIS land bands
1-7, along with the overall BRDF/Albedo quality information.

NameDescription
Snow_BRDF_AlbedoSnow-free or snow BRDF/albedo retrieved
BRDF_Albedo_PlatformBRDF albedo platform information
BRDF_Albedo_LandWaterTypeLand/water type
BRDF_Albedo_LocalSolarNoonSolar zenith angle of local solar noon
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band1Valid observation for band 1
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band2Valid observation for band 2 (same bit meaning as in band 1)
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band3Valid observation for band 3 (same bit meaning as in band 1)
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band4Valid observation for band 4 (same bit meaning as in band 1)
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band5Valid observation for band 5 (same bit meaning as in band 1)
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band6Valid observation for band 6 (same bit meaning as in band 1)
BRDF_Albedo_ValidObs_Band7Valid observation for band 7 (same bit meaning as in band 1)
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band1BRDF inversion information for band 1
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band2BRDF inversion information for band 2
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band3BRDF inversion information for band 3
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band4BRDF inversion information for band 4
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band5BRDF inversion information for band 5
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band6BRDF inversion information for band 6
BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality_Band7BRDF inversion information for band 7
BRDF_Albedo_UncertaintyBRDF inversion information

Providers

NASA LP DAAC at the USGS EROS Center (producer, licensor)
Google Earth Engine (host)
STAC Version 0.6.2
Keywords albedo, brdf, daily, global, mcd43a2, modis, quality, reflectance, usgs
License proprietary
Temporal Extent 2/17/2000, 4:00:00 PM - now
DOI https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43A2.006
Citation Please visit [LP DAAC 'Citing Our Data' page](https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/citing_our_data) for information on citing LP DAAC datasets.
Type image_collection
GSD metersm
Platform Terra
Instrument MODIS
Cadence day
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