MODIS_CR_Equal_Area_3h

The MODIS Collection 6.1 Equal-Area Three-Hourly Cloud Regime product. This product is a discrete classification of cloud fields at the mesoscale as observed by the MODIS sensors aboard the Terra and Aqua satellites. Derived by applying the k-means clustering algorithm to joint-histograms of cloud top pressure and cloud optical thickness, the cloud regimes represent different atmospheric systems based on their cloud signatures.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated June 16, 2026, 02:16 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 17:50 (UTC)
accessLevel public
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modified 2026-06-08T22:16:03Z
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temporal 2002-12-31/2020-12-31
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