MODIS

APPLICATIONS * INSTRUMENTATION * ACQUIRE IMAGES * VIEW IMAGES ONLINE

Eruption of Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, eastern Russia

Satellite: Aqua. Image from the MODIS Rapid Response System

MAIN MODIS WEBSITES

NASA’s MODIS-Land Page

NASA’S MODIS Page

APPLICATIONS:

MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program

This page uses MODIS images to help map forest fires.

MODIS Fire and Thermal Anomalies

MODIS aids burned area rehabilitation

Near-real-time thermal monitoring of global hot-spots

Tracking a Volcano

INSTRUMENTATION:

Specifications

NASA AQUA specifications

ACQUIRE MODIS IMAGES:

NASA Websites:

Direct broadcast data

MODIS Level 1 data, geolocation, cloud mask, and Atmosphere products

MODIS ocean color and sea surface temperature products

NASA Data Project Summary

LAADS Web

MODIS Land Product Time Series

USGS Website:

LPDAAC

National Snow and Ice Data Center

MODIS cryosphere products

VIEW MODIS ONLINE:

NASA Websites

NASA Gallery 1

NASA Gallery 2

NASA’s Visible Earth Gallery

MODIS Airborne Simulator

MODIS Land Golden Tile Browse Images

MODIS Land Golden Browse Images

Global Land Cover Facility

Create animations of sea surface temperatures data

Create animations of snow cover data

Create animations of night land temperature data

Create animations of day land temperature data

Create animations of leaf area index data

Create animations of advanced vegetation index data

Create animations of cirrus reflectance data

Create animations of global chlorophyll data

Create animations of calcite data

Create animations of aerosol size

Create animations of aerosol optical depth data

Other Websites

MODIS at the University of Maryland

USGS

SSEC

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)