LP_DAAC_MCD

This document describes the LP DAAC MCD data files. All files are HDF-EOS2 grid files.

HDF-EOS2 grid files

The projection is GEO or SNSOID. The following table summarizes the information collected for the files:

File type File size(avg.) Number of grid Has lat/lon Projection Datafield Dim. Range CF-compliant information Other special issues
HDF-EOS2
(Grid)
555KB -1.1GB 1 No GEO, or SNSOID* 2D - 4D Data fields have 'units' and 'long_name' attributes. Some files contain following issue: The parameter information is wrong in StructMetadata.
* Some software tools requires extra steps to retrieve latitude and longitude for SNSOID projection

To retrieve sample MCD files and read the detailed description of these files, please click here.


Last modified: 06/02/2017
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