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MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Angles Daily L2G Global 1km SIN Grid Day NRT

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

The MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Angles Daily L2G Global 1km SIN Grid Day Near Real Time (NRT), short name MYDMGGAD, product contain information on solar illumination and instrument viewing geometry angles. These data can be used to model the geometric relationship and distance between the area of the Earth's surface imaged, the sun, and the sensor. This is often required to perform atmospheric corrections, or to convert or calibrate spectral data to known (absolute) radiance or reflectance units. MYDMGGAD files are used as input to higher-level products such as MODIS Surface Reflectance (MYD09). Geometric information for each sensor observation is stored on a geolocated grid with Level-2 geophysical parameters stored as Level-2G (gridded) products. The multiple observations stored in the L2G grids are examined by the Level-3 processes to extract only the most relevant observations per grid cell.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date May 19, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date May 19, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS/LANCE MODIS
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/MODIS/MYDMGGAD.NRT.061
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90}
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash eb7614001fbd42c62f5d2cf2de1095486bcaa9dd4073be8e96578f7887f2cdf3
Source Schema Version 1.1
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