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Aqua MODIS Level-1A Geolocation Data, version 1
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/aqua/modis/l1a/geo/1
Level 1A (L1A) data are reconstructed, unprocessed instrument data at full resolution, time-referenced, and annotated with ancillary information.
Description
This ancillary information can include radiometric and geometric calibration coefficients and georeferencing parameters (e.g., platform ephemeris). The Geolocation (GEO) collection provides terrain-corrected geolocation, viewing geometry, and navigation information required to accurately map satellite observations to Earth coordinates.
The products include per-pixel latitude and longitude, surface height, solar and sensor zenith and azimuth angles, along with quality flags describing geolocation validity. In addition, scan-level timing, spacecraft attitude, and orbital navigation parameters are provided to support precise georeferencing and downstream processing. The GEO data are distributed in self-describing data formats and are intended to be used in conjunction with Level-1 radiance products to enable the generation and analysis of higher-level geophysical data products.
Links
Get the data
- Aqua Homepage earthdata.nasa.gov/data/platforms/space-based-platforms/Aqua ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- MODIS Homepage earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/MODIS ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource nasa.github.io/oceandata-notebooks ↗
Satellite data procesing can be difficult. We're here to help! Visit the Oceandata Help Hub to navigate learning content for accessing visualizing, and analyzing data products.
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2526537408-OB_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- NASA's Ocean Color Web - Data Distribution Site oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/directdataaccess/Level-1A/Aqua-MODIS ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2526537408-OB_DAAC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- PDF oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/files/obdaac-ancillary-data-sources.pdf ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/aqua-modis-level-1a-geolocation-data-version-1 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/aqua/modis/l1a/geo/1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2526537408-OB_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=ff3f96fe-0a12-4160-8c9b-8f99aaca4… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2526537408-OB_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Earth Observing System, Aqua · Geodetics · Geolocation · Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer · Sensor Characteristics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Geoinformatics 69% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2526537408-OB_DAAC | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | ff3f96fe-0a12-4160-8c9b-8f99aaca40b0 | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3704 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:modis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/solid-earth/geodetics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/sensor-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/sensor-characteristics/geolocation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:aqua | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |