i.modis.qc1grass
Extracts quality control parameters from modis qc layers.
Usage
i.modis.qc
i.modis.qc --help
i.modis.qc input=name
output=name
productname=string
qcname=string
[band=string]
[--overwrite]
[--help]
[--verbose]
[--quiet]
[--ui]
Keywords
imagery, imagery quality assessment, reflectance, land surface temperature, vegetation, satellite, MODIS
Overview
i.modis.qc extracts Requested Quality Assessment flags from the following MODIS products: MOD09A1, MOD09Q1, MOD11A1, MOD11A2, MOD13A2, MOD13Q1, MCD43B2. This does include MOD09A1 QA_state_500m layer (see Notes).
Added MOD09GA support in 2016, it follows MOD09A1 and its StateQA, but does not have BRDF State QA, instead has Salt Pan State QA.
MOD09A1 and MOD09Q1
MOD09A1/Q1: MODLAND QA Bits. bits=[0-1]
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[00]= class 0: Corrected product produced at ideal quality -- all bands
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[01]= class 1: Corrected product produced at less than ideal quality -- some or all bands
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[10]= class 2: Corrected product NOT produced due to cloud effect -- all bands
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[11]= class 3: Corrected product NOT produced due to other reasons -- some or all bands maybe be fill value (Note that a value of [11] overrides a value of [01])
MOD09Q1: Cloud State. bits=[2-3]
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[00]= class 0: Clear -- No clouds |
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[01]= class 1: Cloudy |
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[10]= class 2: Mixed |
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[11]= class 3: Not Set ; Assumed Clear |
MOD09Q1: Band-wise Data Quality 250m bits=[4-7][8-11] MOD09A1: Band-wise Data Quality 500m bits=[2-5][6-9][10-13][14-17][18-21][22-25][26-29]
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[0000]= class 0: highest quality
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[0111]= class 1: noisy detector
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[1000]= class 2: dead detector; data interpolated in L1B
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[1001]= class 3: solar zenith ≥ 86 degrees
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[1010]= class 4: solar zenith ≥ 85 and < 86 degrees
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[1011]= class 5: missing input
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[1100]= class 6: internal constant used in place of climatological data for at least one atmospheric constant
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[1101]= class 7: correction out of bounds, pixel constrained to extreme allowable value
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[1110]= class 8: L1B data faulty
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[1111]= class 9: not processed due to deep ocean or cloud
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Class 10-15: Combination of bits unused
MOD09A1/Q1: Atmospheric correction bit=[12]/[30]
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[0]= class 0: Not Corrected product |
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[1]= class 1: Corrected product |
MOD09A1/Q1: Adjacency correction bit=[13]/[31]
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[0]= class 0: Not Corrected product |
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[1]= class 1: Corrected product |
MOD09Q1: Different orbit from 500m product, bit=[14]
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[0]= class 0: same orbit as 500m |
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[1]= class 1: different orbit from 500m |
MOD09A1s: Cloud State bits=[0-1]
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[00]= class 0: clear |
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[01]= class 1: cloudy |
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[10]= class 2: mixed |
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[11]= class 3: not set, assumed clear |
MOD09A1s: Cloud shadow bits=[2]
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[0]= class 0: no |
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[1]= class 1: yes |
MOD09A1s: Land/Water Flag bits=[3-5]
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[000]= class 0: Shallow ocean |
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[001]= class 1: Land |
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[010]= class 2: Ocean coastlines and lake shorelines |
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[011]= class 3: Shallow inland water |
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[100]= class 4: Ephemeral water |
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[101]= class 5: Deep inland water |
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[110]= class 6: Continental/moderate ocean |
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[111]= class 7: Deep ocean |
MOD09A1s: Aerosol Quantity bits=[6-7]
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[00]= class 0: Climatology |
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[01]= class 1: Low |
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[10]= class 2: Average |
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[11]= class 3: High |
MOD09A1s: Cirrus detected bits=[8-9]
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[00]= class 0: None |
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[01]= class 1: Small |
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[10]= class 2: Average |
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[11]= class 3: High |
MOD09A1s: Internal Cloud Algorithm Flag bits=[10]
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[0]= class 0: No cloud |
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[1]= class 1: Cloud |
MOD09A1s: Internal Fire Algorithm Flag bits=[11]
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[0]= class 0: No fire |
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[1]= class 1: Fire |
MOD09A1s: MOD35 snow/ice flag bits=[12]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MOD09A1s: Pixel adjacent to cloud bits=[13]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MOD09A1s: BRDF correction performed bits=[14]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MOD09A1s: Internal Snow Mask bits=[15]
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[0]= class 0: No snow |
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[1]= class 1: Snow |
MOD11A1
MOD11A1: Mandatory QA Flags bits=[0-1]
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[00]= class 0: LST produced, good quality, not necessary to examine more detailed QA
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[01]= class 1: LST produced, other quality, recommend examination of more detailed QA
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[10]= class 2: LST not produced due to cloud effects
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[11]= class 3: LST not produced primarily due to reasons other than cloud
MOD11A1: Data Quality Flag bits=[2-3]
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[00]= class 0: Good data quality of L1B in bands 31 and 32 |
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[01]= class 1: Other quality data |
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[10]= class 2: TBD |
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[11]= class 3: TBD |
MOD11A1: Emis Error Flag bits=[4-5]
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[00]= class 0: Average emissivity error ≤ 0.01 |
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[01]= class 1: Average emissivity error ≤ 0.02 |
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[10]= class 2: Average emissivity error ≤ 0.04 |
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[11]= class 3: Average emissivity error > 0.04 |
MOD11A1: LST Error Flag bits=[6-7]
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[00]= class 0: Average LST error ≤ 1 |
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[01]= class 1: Average LST error ≤ 2 |
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[10]= class 2: Average LST error ≤ 3 |
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[11]= class 3: Average LST error > 3 |
MOD11A2
MOD11A2: Mandatory QA Flags bits=[0-1]
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[00]= class 0: LST produced, good quality, not necessary to examine more detailed QA
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[01]= class 1: LST produced, other quality, recommend examination of more detailed QA
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[10]= class 2: LST not produced due to cloud effects
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[11]= class 3: LST not produced primarily due to reasons other than cloud
MOD11A2: Data Quality Flag bits=[2-3]
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[00]= class 0: Good data quality of L1B in 7 TIR bands |
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[01]= class 1: Other quality data |
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[10]= class 2: TBD |
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[11]= class 3: TBD |
MOD11A2: Emis Error Flag bits=[4-5]
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[00]= class 0: Average emissivity error ≤ 0.01 |
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[01]= class 1: Average emissivity error ≤ 0.02 |
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[10]= class 2: Average emissivity error ≤ 0.04 |
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[11]= class 3: Average emissivity error > 0.04 |
MOD11A2: LST Error Flag bits=[6-7]
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[00]= class 0: Average LST error ≤ 1 |
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[01]= class 1: Average LST error ≤ 2 |
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[10]= class 2: Average LST error ≤ 3 |
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[11]= class 3: Average LST error > 3 |
MOD13A2
MOD13A2: Mandatory QA Flags 1km bits[0-1]
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[00]= class 0: VI produced, good quality |
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[01]= class 1: VI produced, but check other QA |
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[10]= class 2: Pixel produced, but most probably cloud |
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[11]= class 3: Pixel not produced due to other reasons than clouds |
MOD13A2: VI Usefulness Flag bits[2-5]
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[0000]= class 0: Highest quality |
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[0001]= class 1: Lower quality |
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[0010]= class 2: Decreasing quality |
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[0100]= class 3: Decreasing quality |
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[1000]= class 4: Decreasing quality |
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[1001]= class 5: Decreasing quality |
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[1010]= class 6: Decreasing quality |
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[1100]= class 7: Lowest quality |
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[1101]= class 8: Quality so low that it is not useful |
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[1110]= class 9: L1B data faulty |
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[1111]= class 10: Not useful for any other reason/not processed |
MOD13A2: Aerosol quantity Flags 1km bits[6-7]
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[00]= class 0: Climatology |
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[01]= class 1: Low |
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[10]= class 2: Average |
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[11]= class 3: High |
MOD13A2: Adjacent cloud detected 1km bit[8]
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[00]= class 0: No |
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[01]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13A2: Atmosphere BRDF correction performed 1km bit[9]
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[00]= class 0: No |
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[01]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13A2: Mixed clouds 1km bit[10]
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[00]= class 0: No |
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[01]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13A2: Land/Water Flags 1km bits[11-13]
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[000]= class 0: Shallow Ocean |
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[001]= class 1: Land (Nothing else but land) |
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[010]= class 2: Ocean Coastlines and lake shorelines |
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[011]= class 3: Shallow inland water |
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[100]= class 4: Ephemeral water |
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[101]= class 5: Deep inland water |
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[110]= class 6: Moderate or continental ocean |
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[111]= class 7: Deep ocean |
MOD13A2: Possible Snow/Ice 1km bits[14]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13A2: Possible Shadow 1km bits[15]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13Q1
MOD13Q1: Mandatory QA Flags 250m bits[0-1]
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[00]= class 0: VI produced, good quality |
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[01]= class 1: VI produced, but check other QA |
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[10]= class 2: Pixel produced, but most probably cloud |
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[11]= class 3: Pixel not produced due to other reasons than clouds |
MOD13Q1: VI Usefulness Flag 250m bits[2-5]
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[0000]= class 0: Highest quality |
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[0001]= class 1: Lower quality |
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[0010]= class 2: Decreasing quality |
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[0100]= class 3: Decreasing quality |
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[1000]= class 4: Decreasing quality |
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[1001]= class 5: Decreasing quality |
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[1010]= class 6: Decreasing quality |
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[1100]= class 7: Lowest quality |
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[1101]= class 8: Quality so low that it is not useful |
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[1110]= class 9: L1B data faulty |
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[1111]= class 10: Not useful for any other reason/not processed |
MOD13Q1: Aerosol quantity Flags 250m bits[6-7]
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[00]= class 0: Climatology |
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[01]= class 1: Low |
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[10]= class 2: Average |
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[11]= class 3: High |
MOD13Q1: Adjacent cloud detected 250m bit[8]
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[00]= class 0: No |
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[01]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13Q1: Atmosphere BRDF correction performed 250m bit[9]
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[00]= class 0: No |
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[01]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13Q1: Mixed clouds 250m bit[10]
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[00]= class 0: No |
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[01]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13Q1: Land/Water Flags 250m bits[11-13]
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[000]= class 0: Shallow Ocean |
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[001]= class 1: Land (Nothing else but land) |
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[010]= class 2: Ocean Coastlines and lake shorelines |
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[011]= class 3: Shallow inland water |
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[100]= class 4: Ephemeral water |
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[101]= class 5: Deep inland water |
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[110]= class 6: Moderate or continental ocean |
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[111]= class 7: Deep ocean |
MOD13Q1: Possible Snow/Ice 250m bits[14]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MOD13Q1: Possible Shadow 250m bits[15]
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[0]= class 0: No |
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[1]= class 1: Yes |
MCD43B2
MCD43B2: Albedo Quality Ancillary Platform Data 1km bits[0-3] SDS: BRDF_Albedo_Ancillary
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[0000]= class 0: Satellite Platform: Terra |
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[0001]= class 1: Satellite Platform: Terrra/Aqua |
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[0010]= class 2: Satellite Platform: Aqua |
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[1111]= class 15: Fill Value |
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Classes 3-14: Not used |
MCD43B2: Albedo Quality Ancillary Land/Water Data 1km bits[4-7] SDS: BRDF_Albedo_Ancillary
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[0000] class 0: Shallow Ocean |
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[0001] class 1: Land (Nothing else but land) |
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[0010] class 2: Ocean and lake shorelines |
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[0011] class 3: Shallow inland water |
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[0100] class 4: Ephemeral water |
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[0101] class 5: Deep inland water |
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[0110] class 6: Moderate or continental ocean |
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[0111] class 7: Deep ocean |
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[1111] class 15: Fill Value |
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Classes 8-14: Not used |
MCD43B2: Albedo Quality Ancillary Sun Zenith Angle at Local Solar Noon Data 1km bits[8-14] SDS: BRDF_Albedo_Ancillary
Returns integer value [0-90], 127 is Fill Value
MCD43B2: Band-wise Albedo Quality Data 1km SDS: BRDF_Albedo_Band_Quality
bits[0-3][4-7][8-11][12-15][16-19][20-23][24-27]
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[0000]= class 0: best quality, 75% or more with best full inversions |
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[0001]= class 1: good quality, 75% or more with full inversions |
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[0010]= class 2: Mixed, 50% or less full inversions and 25% or less fill values |
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[0011]= class 3: All magnitude inversions or 50% or less fill values |
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[0100]= class 4: 75% or more fill values |
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Classes 5-14: Not Used |
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[1111]= class 15: Fill Value |
Notes
In MOD09A1: It seems that cloud related info is not filled properly in the standard QC (MOD09A1 in this module) since version 3, State-QA 500m images (MOD09A1s in this module) should be used (see Vermote et al., 2008). MOD11A2 quality control (QC) bands do not have a FillValue (No-data) according to MODIS Land Products site. However, the metadata of the QC bands (i.e.: gdalinfo QC_band) shows No-data=0. This value is then transformed into GRASS NULLs when data is imported through r.in.gdal. Applying i.modis.qc on those QC bands will not give the expected range of values in the different QC bits. Therefore, before using i.modis.qc, the user needs to set the NULL value in QC bands back to zero (i.e.: r.null map=QC_band null=0) or just edit the metadata with GDAL utilities before importing into GRASS GIS. This is a known issue for MOD11A2 (8-day LST product), but other MODIS products might be affected as well.
Todo
Add more daily products.
References
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MODIS Products
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Vermote E.F., Kotchenova S.Y., Ray J.P. MODIS Surface Reflectance User’s Guide. Version 1.2. June 2008. MODIS Land Surface Reflectance Science Computing Facility. Homepage
Source code
Available at: i.modis.qc source code (history)
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