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Monterey Area Ship Tracks (MAST) MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) Level-1B Data Products

Entry ID: GSFC_DAAC_MAS_MAST

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Summary

Abstract: The objective of the Monterey Area Ship Tracks (MAST) campaign was to study cloud formation from ocean vessels off of the central California coast. The data was collected for the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) project. This data will help define, develope, and test algorithms for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor which is a key sensor of NASA's Earth Observing System ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA > LAADS

Description: Access Monterey Area Ship Tracks (MAST) MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) field
experiment data from LAADS.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 37.0

S: 33.0

E: -127.0

W: -121.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Dataset Title: Monterey Area Ship Tracks (MAST) MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) Level-1B Data Products

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA

Dataset Publisher: Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS)

Online Resource: http://mas.arc.nasa.gov/data/deploy_html/mast_home.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-06-11

Stop Date: 1994-06-30

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA > CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY

ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

AIRCRAFT

Instrument

MAS > MODIS Airborne Simulator

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Project

EOS > Earth Observing System

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

MAST > Monterey Area Ship Tracks

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

EOSDIS

HDF

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

GSFC/DAAC

Data Center

L1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System,Biospheric Information Systems Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: LAADS USER SUPPORT TEAM Phone: 301-731-2917, 1-866-506-6347 (toll-free - US only) Fax: 301-577-6622 Email: modapsuso at sigmaspace.com Contact Address: LAADS User Support Team 4801 Forbes Boulevard City: Lanham Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20706 Country: USA