Dataset Information

ncei_template_version: NCEI_NetCDF_Swath_Template_v2.0
summary: The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) is an Earth Ventures-Instrument (EVI-4) Mission that maps the surface mineralogy of arid dust source regions via imaging spectroscopy in the visible and short-wave infrared (VSWIR). Installed on the International Space Station (ISS), the EMIT instrument is a Dyson imaging spectrometer that uses contiguous spectroscopic measurements from 410 to 2450 nm to resolve absoprtion features of iron oxides, clays, sulfates, carbonates, and other dust-forming minerals. During its one-year mission, EMIT will observe the sunlit Earth's dust source regions that occur within +/-52° latitude and produce maps of the source regions that can be used to improve forecasts of the role of mineral dust in the radiative forcing (warming or cooling) of the atmosphere.\n\nThis file contains masks for L2A estimated clouds and cloud shadow masks and geolocation data. Geolocation data (latitude, longitude, height) and a lookup table to project the data are also included.
keywords: Imaging Spectroscopy, minerals, EMIT, dust, radiative forcing
Conventions: CF-1.63
sensor: EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
instrument: EMIT
platform: ISS
institution: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology
license: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software-policies/data-use-guidance
naming_authority: LPDAAC
date_created: 2026-01-14T06:48:22Z
keywords_vocabulary: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
stdname_vocabulary: NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
creator_name: Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology
creator_url: https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/emit/
project: Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation
project_url: https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/emit/
publisher_name: NASA LPDAAC
publisher_url: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov
publisher_email: lpdaac@usgs.gov
identifier_product_doi_authority: https://doi.org
flight_line: emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000
time_coverage_start: 2026-01-13T20:27:56+0000
time_coverage_end: 2026-01-13T20:28:08+0000
software_build_version: 010632
software_delivery_version: 010632
product_version: V002
history: PGE Run Command: {python /store/emit/ops/repos/emit-sds-masks/make_emit_masks.py /store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_rdn_b0106_v01.img /store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_loc_b0106_v01.img /store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_obs_b0106_v01.img /store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l2a/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l2a_atm_b0106_v01.img /store/scratch/emit/ops/tmp/emit20260113t202756_emit.L2AMaskTf_20260114t013007/output/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l2a_mask_b0106_v02_prob.tif /store/emit/ops/repos/emit-sds-masks/data/kurudz_0.1nm.dat /store/scratch/emit/ops/tmp/emit20260113t202756_emit.L2AMaskTf_20260114t013007/output/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l2a_mask_b0106_v02.img --n_cores 64}, PGE Input Files: {radiance_file=/store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_rdn_b0106_v01.img, observation_parameters_file=/store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_obs_b0106_v01.img, pixel_locations_file=/store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_loc_b0106_v01.img, geolocation_table_file=/store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l1b/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l1b_glt_b0106_v01.img, atmosphere_file=/store/emit/ops/data/acquisitions/20260113/emit20260113t202756/l2a/emit20260113t202756_o01313_s000_l2a_atm_b0106_v01.img, solar_irradiance_file=/store/emit/ops/repos/emit-sds-masks/data/kurudz_0.1nm.dat}
crosstrack_orientation: as seen on ground
easternmost_longitude: -80.771774652429471
northernmost_latitude: -5.0457973551031703
westernmost_longitude: -81.796594115714001
southernmost_latitude: -6.0711590509079603
spatialResolution: 0.00054223252025636698
spatial_ref: GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AXIS["Latitude",NORTH],AXIS["Longitude",EAST],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]
geotransform: -81.796594115714001, 0.00054223252025636698, -0.0000000000000000, -5.0457973551031703, -0.0000000000000000, -0.00054223252025636698
day_night_flag: Day
title: EMIT L2A Masks 60 m V002


Variables in this Dataset

sensor_band_parameters_mask_bands: Array of Strings [bands = 0..10]
long_name: Mask Band Names
origname: mask_bands
fullnamepath: /sensor_band_parameters/mask_bands
location_elev: Array of 64 bit Reals [downtrack = 0..1279][crosstrack = 0..1241]
_FillValue: -9999.0000000000000
long_name: Surface Elevation
units: m
origname: elev
fullnamepath: /location/elev
coordinates: location_lat location_lon
location_glt_x: Array of 32 bit Integers [ortho_y = 0..1890][ortho_x = 0..1889]
_FillValue: 0
long_name: GLT Sample Lookup
units: pixel location
origname: glt_x
fullnamepath: /location/glt_x
location_glt_y: Array of 32 bit Integers [ortho_y = 0..1890][ortho_x = 0..1889]
_FillValue: 0
long_name: GLT Line Lookup
units: pixel location
origname: glt_y
fullnamepath: /location/glt_y
mask: Array of 32 bit Reals [downtrack = 0..1279][crosstrack = 0..1241][bands = 0..10]
_FillValue: -9999.000000
long_name: Masks
units: unitless
origname: mask
fullnamepath: /mask
coordinates: location_lat location_lon bands
bands: Array of 32 bit Reals [bands = 0..10]
ortho_x: Array of 32 bit Reals [ortho_x = 0..1889]
ortho_y: Array of 32 bit Reals [ortho_y = 0..1890]
location_lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [downtrack = 0..1279][crosstrack = 0..1241]
_FillValue: -9999.0000000000000
long_name: Latitude (WGS-84)
origname: lat
fullnamepath: /location/lat
units: degrees_north
location_lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [downtrack = 0..1279][crosstrack = 0..1241]
_FillValue: -9999.0000000000000
long_name: Longitude (WGS-84)
origname: lon
fullnamepath: /location/lon
units: degrees_east