Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC)

Overview

Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC), as the name suggests, accomplishes atmospheric correction via a new method that is encoded in a generic algorithm designed to work with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data to facilitate deriving both aerosol and land surface reflectance products. Based on a time-series of MODIS measurements and spatial analysis, this algorithm simultaneously retrieves atmospheric aerosols and bidirectional reflectance from MODIS data. It further detects clouds and corrects atmospheric effects over both dark vegetated surfaces and bright desert targets. Collection-6 MAIAC products are in Stage-1 validation. This entails that their product accuracy has been estimated using a small number of independent measurements derived using data from selected locations, time-periods, and ground-truth/field programs.

Product Information

  • ATBD
  • DOI
    • Alexei Lyapustin - NASA GSFC, Yujie Wang - Univeristy of Maryland Baltimore County and MODAPS SIPS - NASA. (2015).

Product Details

Product Name Combined Terra Aqua
Land Surface BRF Daily L2G Global 500m and 1km
Land Aerosol Optical Depth Daily L2G Global 1km
BRDF Model Parameters daily L3 Global 1km