MODIS HDF File Specification
Version: V5.0.1
Revision: 4
Date: February 1, 2005
Product Ident: MODIS/Terra Vegetation Intermediate Composite 16-Day L4 Global
500m SIN Grid
Product Identifiers:
Description:
MOD44C processes 16 days of data, compositing and saving the best observation
for each pixel. The output from MOD44C is used by MOD44A and MOD44B.
Name: Type: Num_Val: Value:
CoreMetadata.0 HDF-STRING 1
LocalGranuleID STRING 1 Variable
ProductionDateTime DATETIME 1 Variable
DayNightFlag STRING 1 Variable
ReprocessingActual STRING 1 Variable
ReprocessingPlanned STRING 1 Variable
LocalVersionID STRING 1 Variable
ScienceQualityFlag STRING 1 Variable
AutomaticQualityFlagExplanation STRING 1 Variable
AutomaticQualityFlag STRING 1 Variable
OperationalQualityFlagExplanation STRING 1 Variable
OperationalQualityFlag STRING 1 Variable
ScienceQualityFlagExplanation STRING 1 Variable
QAPercentMissingData INTEGER 1 Variable
QAPercentOutofBoundsData INTEGER 1 Variable
QAPercentCloudCover INTEGER 1 Variable
QAPercentInterpolatedData INTEGER 1 Variable
ParameterName STRING 1 "MODIS/Terra Vegetation Intermediate Composite 16-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid"
EquatorCrossingDate DATE 1 Variable
EquatorCrossingTime TIME 1 Variable
OrbitNumber INTEGER 1 Variable
EquatorCrossingLongitude DOUBLE 1 Variable
VersionID INTEGER 1 Variable
ShortName STRING 1 "MOD44C"
InputPointer STRING 500 Variable
GRingPointLongitude DOUBLE 4 Variable
GRingPointLatitude DOUBLE 4 Variable
GRingPointSequenceNo INTEGER 4 Variable
ExclusionGRingFlag STRING 1 Variable
RangeEndingDate DATE 1 Variable
RangeEndingTime TIME 1 Variable
RangeBeginningDate DATE 1 Variable
RangeBeginningTime TIME 1 Variable
PGEVersion STRING 1 Variable
AncillaryInputPointer STRING 1 Variable
AncillaryInputType STRING 1 Variable
AssociatedSensorShortName STRING 1 "CCD"
AssociatedPlatformShortName STRING 1 "AM-1"
AssociatedInstrumentShortName STRING 1 "MODIS"
AdditionalAttributeName STRING 7
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.1 = "QAPERCENTGOODQUALITY"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.2 = "QAPERCENTOTHERQUALITY"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.3 = "QAPERCENTNOTPRODUCEDCLOUD"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.4 = "QAPERCENTNOTPRODUCEDOTHER"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.5 = "HORIZONTALTILENUMBER"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.6 = "VERTICALTILENUMBER"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.7 = "TileID"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.8 = "COVERTEST1"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.9 = "COVERTEST2"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.10 = "COVERTEST3"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.11 = "VIEWTEST1"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.12 = "VIEWTEST2"
ADDITIONALATTRIBUTENAME.13 = "VIEWTEST3"
ParameterValue STRING 7 Variable
ArchiveMetadata.0
WestBoundingCoordinate DOUBLE 1 Variable
NorthBoundingCoordinate DOUBLE 1 Variable
EastBoundingCoordinate DOUBLE 1 Variable
SouthBoundingCoordinate DOUBLE 1 Variable
ProcessingEnvironment STRING 1 Variable
AlgorithmPackageAcceptanceDate STRING 1 Variable
AlgorithmPackageMaturityCode STRING 1 Variable
AlgorithmPackageName STRING 1 Variable
AlgorithmPackageVersion STRING 1 Variable
LongName STRING 1 "MODIS/Terra Vegetation Intermediate Composite 16-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid"
LocalInputGranuleID STRING 500 Variable
DescrRevision STRING 1 Variable
char8 StructMetadata.0 = {
GridName = "MOD44C_500m_GRID"
Dimensions:
XDim = 4800
YDim = 4800
UpperLeftPointMtrs = (-10007554.677060, 4447802.078700)
LowerRightMtrs = (-8895604.157400, 3335851.559040)
Projection = GCTP_SNSOID
ProjParams = (6371007.181000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
SphereCode = -1
GridOrigin = HDFE_GD_UL
DataFields: type name(dimensions)
INT16 Band_3("YDim", "XDim")
INT16 Band_4("YDim", "XDim")
INT16 Band_5("YDim", "XDim")
INT16 Band_6("YDim", "XDim")
INT16 Band_7("YDim", "XDim")
UINT16 QA_500m("YDim", "XDim")
}
Begin_Vgroup = MOD44C_500m_GRID
class = GRID
Begin_Vgroup = Data Fields
class = GRID Vgroup
SDS = int16 Band_3
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "Band 3 Reflectance"
char8[9] units = "reflectance"
uint16[2] valid_range = (-100, 16000)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = -28672
float64[1] scale_factor = 10000.0
SDS = int16 Band_4
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "Band 4 Reflectance"
char8[9] units = "reflectance"
uint16[2] valid_range = (-100, 16000)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = -28672
float64[1] scale_factor = 10000.0
SDS = int16 Band_5
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "Band 5 Reflectance"
char8[9] units = "reflectance"
uint16[2] valid_range = (-100, 16000)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = -28672
float64[1] scale_factor = 10000.0
SDS = int16 Band_6
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "Band 6 Reflectance"
char8[9] units = "reflectance"
uint16[2] valid_range = (-100, 16000)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = -28672
float64[1] scale_factor = 10000.0
SDS = int16 Band_7
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "Band 7 Reflectance"
char8[9] units = "reflectance"
uint16[2] valid_range = (-100, 16000)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = -28672
float64[1] scale_factor = 10000.0
SDS = uint16 QA_500m
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[32] long_name = "Quality Assessment 500m Bands"
char8[9] units = "bit field"
uint16[2] valid_range = (0, 16383)
uint16[1] _FillValue = 65535
Bit: Description:
0-1 band 3 data quality; good quality (00), quality so low that it is
not useful (01), L1B data faulty (10), not useful for any other
reason/not processed (e.g., clouds, ocean)
2-3 band 4 data quality; good quality (00), quality so low that it is
not useful (01), L1B data faulty (10), not useful for any other
reason/not processed (e.g., clouds, ocean)
4-5 band 5 data quality; good quality (00), quality so low that it is
not useful (01), L1B data faulty (10), not useful for any other
reason/not processed (e.g., clouds, ocean)
6-7 band 6 data quality; good quality (00), quality so low that it is
not useful (01), L1B data faulty (10), not useful for any other
reason/not processed (e.g., clouds, ocean)
8-9 band 7 data quality; good quality (00), quality so low that it is
not useful (01), L1B data faulty (10), not useful for any other
reason/not processed (e.g., clouds, ocean)
SDS = byte water_flags
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "water flags"
char8[9] units = "none"
uint16[2] valid_range = (0, 16)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = 0
This SDS contains the number of days for which water was detected in each
pixel.
SDS = byte land_flags
dim1 = YDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
dim2 = XDim: MOD44C_500m_GRID
char8[18] long_name = "land flags"
char8[9] units = "none"
uint16[2] valid_range = (0, 16)
uint16 [1] _FillValue = 0
This SDS contains the number of days for which land was detected in each
pixel.
End_Vgroup = Data Fields
Begin_Vgroup = Grid Attributes
class = GRID Vgroup
End_Vgroup = Grid Attributes
End_Vgroup = MOD44C_500m_GRID
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