Field Definitions are Available Here

Metadata Level

Granule

Data Type

date

Obligation

Optional

Description

This attribute represents the date of the descending equator crossing.

Sample Value

2011-09-30

Dependent Attributes

EquatorCrossingLongitude, EquatorCrossingTime

Sample Value

2011-09-30

ECS Attribute Definition Comments

Must be used with EquatorCrossingLongitude, EquatorCrossingTime.

ECS Path

GranuleMetaDataFile > GranuleURMetaData > OrbitCalculatedSpatialDomain > OrbitCalculatedSpatialDomainContainer.EquatorCrossingDate

ISO XPath

/gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:platform/gmi:MI_Platform/gmi:description/gco:CharacterString or /gmi:MI_Metadata/gmi:acquisitionInformation/gmi:MI_AcquisitionInformation/gmi:platform/gmi:MI_Platform/gmi:description/gco:CharacterString

Notes

Note: See also DQ_AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy

Theme

Temporal Information

Downloadable Spreadsheet (All required ECS attributes)

Media:ECS_Wiki_July2012.xls