[gradsusr] modis level 2

[Huddleston, John]

Gandham,

Two questions:
1) aqua or terra;
2) why level 2 and not level3 ftp://acdisc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/Aqua_AIRS_Level3/

John Huddleston, PhD
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

here is a level 3 example for aqua

dset MYD08_D3.A2006365.051.2009076233241.pscs_000500363256.hdf
dtype hdfsds
title Optical_Depth
unpack scale_factor add_offset
undef -9999 _FillValue
options yrev
xdef 360 linear -179.5 1.0
ydef 180 linear -89.5 1.0
zdef 1 levels 1000.0
tdef 1  linear 00:00Z31dec2006 1dy
vars 18
Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_QA_Mean=>odmoqm 1 7,y,x Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_QA_Mean
Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_And_Ocean_Mean=>odrslom 1 y,x Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_And_Ocean_Mean
Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_QA_Mean=>odrsoqm 1 y,x Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_QA_Mean
Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_Mean=>odrslm 1 y,x Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_Mean
Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean=>codlqm1 1 1,y,x Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean
Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean=>codlqm2 2 1,y,x Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean
Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean=>codlqm3 3 1,y,x Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_QA_Mean
Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_Mean=>odrsom 1 y,x Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_Mean
Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_Mean=>odmom 1 7,y,x Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean_Mean
Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_QA_Mean=>odrslqm 1 y,x Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_QA_Mean
Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean=>eodaom1 1 1,y,x Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean
Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean=>eodaom2 1 2,y,x Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean
Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean=>eodaom3 1 3,y,x Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_Mean
Optical_Depth_Land_And_Ocean_Mean=>odlom 1 y,x Optical_Depth_Land_And_Ocean_Mean
Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean=>codlm1 1 1,y,x Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean
Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean=>codlm2 2 1,y,x Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean
Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean=>codlm3 3 1,y,x Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_Mean
Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_QA_Mean=>eodaoqm7 7 1,y,x Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean_QA_Mean
endvars
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From: gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org [gradsusr-bounces at gradsusr.org] On Behalf Of harikishan gandham [harimet at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:52 AM
To: gradsusr at gradsusr.org
Subject: [gradsusr] modis level 2


dear grads users,

i am trying to open Modis level -2 data in grads (aerosols). that HDF file cannot opened in the grads. i request please any body solve this. please give me gs script to open this.

--
G.Harikishan
Junior Research fellow
PMA Division
IITM
PUNE




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