CLDPROPCOSP_M3_VIIRS_NOAA20 - VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid



Shortname: CLDPROPCOSP_M3_VIIRS_NOAA20
Platform: NOAA-20
Instrument: VIIRS
Processing Level: Level-3
Data Format: netCDF4
Spatial Resolution: 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: monthly
ArchiveSets: 5111
Collection: NPP VIIRS Atmosphere data 1.1.0 (UWisc) (ArchiveSet 5111)
PGE Number: NONE
File Naming Convention:

Syntax: ESDT.AYYYYDDD.VVV.YYYYDDDHHMMSS.Format
Example: CLDPROPCOSP_M3_VIIRS_NOAA20.A2023001.011.2024010135655.nc

  • ESDT Earth Science Data Type or Shortname
  • A Stands for Acquisition
  • YYYYDDD Data acquisition year and Day-of-year per the Julian Calendar
  • HHMM Acquisition Hour and Minute
  • VVV Version ID of the data collection
  • YYYYDDDHHMMSS Processing year, Day-of-year, UTC time (hour, minutes, seconds)
  • Format File format suffix, which in the above case represents netCDF4
Keywords: NOAA-20 VIIRS, L3, Monthly, Global Grid, CFMIP, COSP, MODIS simulator