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There is a attribute field containing the time of observation in hours, minutes and seconds in the HDF files. Does this time specification refer to the local time zone?

April 26, 2017containing field files HDF hours Minutes observation time

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There is a attribute field containing the time of observation in hours, minutes and seconds in the HDF files. Does this time specification refer to the local time zone?

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A. The date and time in the data product file are Universal Time. The Aqua platform is in a sun-synchronous near-polar orbit. The satellite crosses the equator in a northbound direction at approximately 1:30 PM local time and in a southbound direction at approximately 1:30 AM local time.