VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 daily, 1x1 deg. grid

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The VIIRS/NOAA20 Cloud Properties COSP Level 3 daily, 1x1 degree grid product is a new L3 CLDPROP COSP Cloud product with short-name CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20. It contains VIIRS NOAA-20 cloud mask, cloud top, and cloud optical retrieval data over daily timeframe. It provides a set of custom cloud-related parameters for better comparison with climate model output. The “COSP” acronym in the short-name stands for Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package. Provided in netCDF4 format, it contains 32 aggregated science data sets (SDS/parameters).Consult the CLDPROPCOSP User Guide for details regarding how the L3 daily statistics are computed, and to learn more about the gridding and sampling protocols specific to this product and a number of other topics germane to the user community. The collection of this product starts from February 17, 2018 and includes 365 granules each calendar year.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	10.5067/VIIRS/CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20.011
landingPage	https://doi.org/10.5067/VIIRS/CLDPROPCOSP_D3_VIIRS_NOAA20.011
programCode	[ "026:000" ]
spatial	["CARTESIAN",[{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90}]]
temporal	2018-02-17/2018-02-17
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]