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Earthdata resources for users working with NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data include tutorials and other learning resources, news announcements such as instrument updates and data releases, user guides and related documents, and frequently asked questions.

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LAADS webinar

Learn How to View and Download Data from LAADS DAAC

Join us to learn how to search and order datasets from NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC). Subsetting, reprojection, and data output post-processing operations in the Find Data tool will also be featured.
Webinar
May 18, 2022
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MODIS News

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False-color corrected reflectance image of fires and burned areas in northern Morocco on July 26, 2022 from the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite. The burned areas and fires are shown in red in the center of the image and the surrounding vegetation is green.

Fires in Northern Morocco

Image captured on Jul 26, 2022 by the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
July 26, 2022
Satellite image of fires on Earth

How to Customize the Fires Displayed in FIRMS

Learn how to change the colors of the fires/thermal anomalies, change the fire pixel size, show only day or night detections, and color code fires by fire radiative power, confidence, or time since detection.
Blog
July 24, 2022
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