Replacing missing values in the standard Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) radiometric camera-by-camera cloud mask (RCCM) data product

Verstraete, Michel M.; Hunt, Linda A.; De Lemos, Hugo; Di Girolamo, Larry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-611-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-611-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-611-2020

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Data description paper

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19 Mar 2020

Data description paper |

| 19 Mar 2020

Replacing missing values in the standard Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) radiometric camera-by-camera cloud mask (RCCM) data product

Michel M. Verstraete, Linda A. Hunt, Hugo De Lemos, and Larry Di Girolamo

Data sets

RCCM.out: Samples of MISR RCCM data to explore the missing data replacement process. GFZ Data Services M. Verstraete, L. Hunt, H. De Lemos, and L. Di Girolamo https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2020.004

Level 1 Cloud Detection Algorithm Theoretical Basis D. J. Diner, L. Di~Girolamo, and E. E. Clothiaux https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIRCCM_L2.004

Level 1 Georectification and Registration Algorithm Theoretical Basis V. M. Jovanovic, S. A. Lewicki, M. M. Smyth, J. Zong, and R. P. Korechoff https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI1B2T_L1.003

Model code and software

RCCM Soft Win.zip: A software package to replace missing data in MISR RCCM. V. 1.0. M. Verstraete and P. Vogt https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2020.008

mmverstraete/Macros: IDL Macros Version 2.1.0 M. M. Verstraete https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3519843

mmverstraete/Utilities: IDL Utilities Version 2.1.0 M. M. Verstraete https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3519846

mmverstraete/MISR\_Tools: IDL MISR\_Tools Version 2.1.0 M. M. Verstraete https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3519861

mmverstraete/MISR\_L1B2: IDL MISR\_L1B2 Version 2.1.0 M. M. Verstraete https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3519989

mmverstraete/MISR\_RCCM: IDL MISR_RCCM Version 2.2.0 M. M. Verstraete https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3519901

Short summary

The radiometric camera-by-camera cloud mask 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 Local Mode of operation. This paper proposes a simple method for effectively replacing 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.