Improving the usability of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) L1B2 Georectified Radiance Product (2000–present) in land surface applications

Verstraete, Michel M.; Hunt, Linda A.; Jovanovic, Veljko M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1321-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1321-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1321-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Data description paper

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16 Jun 2020

Data description paper |

| 16 Jun 2020

Improving the usability of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) L1B2 Georectified Radiance Product (2000–present) in land surface applications

Michel M. Verstraete, Linda A. Hunt, and Veljko M. Jovanovic

Data sets

L1B2.out: Samples of MISR L1B2 GRP data to explore the missing data replacement process M. Verstraete, L. Hunt, and V. Jovanovic https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2020.012

Model code and software

L1B2 Soft Win.zip: A software package to replace missing data in MISR L1B2 M. Verstraete and P. Vogt https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2020.011

Short summary

The L1B2 Georectified Radiance Product, available for each of the nine cameras of the MISR instrument, contains a variable number of missing values, especially wherever and whenever the instrument is switched from the Global to the Local Mode. This paper proposes an algorithm to effectively replace those missing values and demonstrates the performance of the process. MISR data and software tools are obtainable from public domain websites to explore this issue further.