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V005 MODIS 8-Day Surface Reflectance 250m QA Science Data Sets

The QA information below is excerpted from an HDF-EOS file of the MODIS Surface Reflectance product MOD09Q1. 

Table 1:  MOD09Q1.005 250-meter Surface Reflectance Data QA Descriptions (16-bit)

Bit No. Parameter Name Bit Comb. Sur_refl_qc_250m
15 spare (unused) - ---
14 different orbit from 500 m 1 yes
0 no
13 adjacency correction performed 1 yes
0 no
12 atmospheric correction performed 1 yes
0 no
8-11  band 2 data quality four bit range 0000 highest quality
1000 dead detector; data copied from adjacent detector
1001 solar zenith >= 86 degrees
1010 solar zenith >= 85 and < 86 degrees
1011 missing input
1100 internal constant used in place of climatological data for at least one atmospheric constant
1101 quality so low that it is not useful
1110 L1B data faulty
1111 not useful for any other reason or not processed due to deep ocean or clouds
4-7 band 1 data quality four bit range   SAME AS ABOVE
2-3  cloud state 00 clear
01 cloudy
10 mixed
11 not set; assumed clear
0-1 MODLAND QA bits 00 corrected product produced at ideal quality all bands
01 corrected product produced at less than ideal quality some or all bands
10 corrected product not produced due to cloud effects all bands
11 corrected product not produced due to other reasons some or all bands may be fill value [Note that a value of (11) overrides a value of (01)].


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