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MODIS Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are integral for research of Earth's physical properties. Explore MODIS datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDVI, Species Cover, and LAI, Burned and Unburned sites, Interior Alaska, 2017-2018 | 2017-08-29 to 2018-08-20 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | CSV | Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Cover, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| Net Radiation and Albedo from MODIS for Xingu River Basin, Brazil, 2000-2012 | 2000-02-18 to 2012-11-16 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 classic | Albedo, Net Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Agricultural Expansion, Forests |
| Ocean Surface pCO2 and Air-Sea CO2 Flux in the Northern Gulf of America, 2006-2010 | 2006-01-01 to 2011-01-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 classic | Coastal Processes, Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Heat Flux, Marine Ecosystems |
| OMI/Aura and MODIS/Aqua Aerosol Geo-colocation Product 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMMYDAGEO) at GES DISC | 2004-10-01 to Present | 003 | ACTIVE | 2 | Aerosols | |
| OMI/Aura and MODIS/Aqua Merged Cloud Product 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 (OMMYDCLD) at GES DISC | 2004-10-01 to Present | 003 | ACTIVE | 2 | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure | |
| PM1 5-min Spacecraft attitude data from GBAD - NRT | 2017-10-11 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | NA | Binary | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Area Extent V2 | 2000-02-18 to 2016-10-15 | 2 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-4 | LAKES |
| Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 | 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | GeoTIFF | Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 | 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | Shapefile | Biomass, Grasslands, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Fire Dynamics |
| SAFARI 2000 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison, Dry Season 2001 | 2001-08-05 to 2001-10-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | ASCII | Land Surface Temperature |
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MODIS Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization | |
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| HiTIDE | Use HiTIDE to subset and download popular Level 2 (swath) datasets. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Downloading | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| Similarity Search | Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| SOTO | State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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