Dataset name:
MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Albedo produc

Varialbe name: 
Albedo_WSA_shortwave

Reference of original data:
Schaaf, C. B., W. Lucht, T. Tsang, F. Gao, N. Strugnell, L. Chen, 
        Y. Liu, and A.H. Strahler , Prototyping the MODerate Resolution 
        Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) BRDF and Albedo Product, 
        Proc. Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp. (IGARSS'99), Hamburg, 
        Germany, 28 June - 2 July, 1506-1508, 1999. 
Schaaf, C. L. B., J. Liu, F. Gao and A. H. Strahler,  MODIS Albedo and 
        Reflectance Anisotropy Products from Aqua and Terra, In Land Remote 
        Sensing and Global Environmental Change: NASA's Earch Observing System 
        and the Science of ASTER and MODIS, Remote Sensing and Digital Image 
        Processing Series, Vol.11, B. Ramachandran, C. Justice, M. Abrams, Eds, 
        Springer-Cerlag, 873 pp.,2011.

Downloaded site:
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/modis_products_table/brdf_albedo_model_parameters/16_day_l3_0_05deg_cmg/mcd43c1

Downloaded Date:
Oct. 22, 2011

Downloaded by:
Mingquan Mu
Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine

Name and Version of original source:
    MODIS MCD43C3 16-day 0.05 degree CMG L3, version 5

Start date:
February 11, 2000

End date:
December 27, 2005

Temporal resolution:
16 days

Spatial resolution:
0.05x0.05 degree

Unit: 
unitless

Data format: 
hdf