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Dear Nick: Specifying product makes a big difference. The MODAPS page you were referred was for software that are used to generate products at MODAPS-LAADS (MODIS level 1, atmosphere,land, and VIIRS level1, land, and other products) . However, NASA's Atmosphere Science Investigator-led Processing Sy...

The solar azimuth angle is the compass direction from which the sunlight is coming at a particular location and time. The sensor azimuth angle is the direction from which the satellite sensor is viewing the target point on the Earth’s surface. The angle 0 degree represents north, 90 degree represent...

No, there is no open source release of the software used to created VIIRS level 2 data. However, in some case users can request for the software following steps and instruction provided at:
https://modaps.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/services/pge/

@captlen, you need to create a separate post for your question because your question is related to a different archive center.

We cannot provide assistance with gdal. However, you can see the complete file specification of the product which gives a complete description of the Cloud (06_L2) HDF product file, including all the Scientific Data Sets and their local attributes at: https://atmosphere-imager.gsfc.nasa.gov/products...

Sorry for a delay in response. Yes, we were having an issue with file selection due to a bug in the code. The issue have since been resolved. Please, let us know if you still see the issue.

Here is the description for the 3-dimension “Retrieval_Failure_Metric” in a MOD06_L2 granule: short Retrieval_Failure_Metric(Cell_Along_Swath_1km=2030, Cell_Across_Swath_1km=1354, RFM_nband=3); :long_name = "Retrievals and other information for points that failed to retrieve via standard soluti...

We checked and for the VNP13A1 and VJ113A1 for June 17, 2024 the tiles you asked about are all available. Full suite of products were generated on July 3, 2024. The VI (VNP13A1/VJ113A1) is a 16-day product, so the outputs are not created until 16-days (give or take a little) from the start time of t...

Our product SME investigated MOD06_L2 data and found how to distinguish Cloud_Optical_Thickness (COT) between no data case and failed retrieval. For example, for 2.1 micron (band 7), the valid range for scaled Cloud_Optical_Thickness (1354, 2030) is [0,150]. The valid range for scaled Retrieval_Fail...