Datasets/MOD06_L2

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What the clouds are made of

MODIS Terra Cloud Properties L2 Daily 5km

LAADS DAAC MOD06_L2 1 km / 5 km (different bands) daily HDF-EOS2 atmospherecloudsradiation

Cloud-top temperature, height, optical depth, effective radius, thermodynamic phase — global cloud climatology from MODIS.

MODIS Terra Cloud Properties L2 Daily 5km

Cloud-top temperature, height, optical depth, effective radius, thermodynamic phase — global cloud climatology from MODIS.

Access

Python (earthaccess): short_name='MOD06_L2'
Portal: https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/

Gotchas

Granule files are large; subset before downloading
Cloud detection is conservative; clear-pixel statistics need user filtering
MYD06_L2 is Aqua counterpart

Sources

https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

mod06_l2_access.py

import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="MOD06_L2",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from LAADS DAAC

Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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