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MODIS Resources
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.
MODIS Learning Resources
Learn how remote sensing helps classify minerals and identify faults, the effectiveness of an afforestation program, and assessing forests and grasslands disturbance.
Data in Action
May 20, 2016
Learn about Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD), a MEaSUREs project that created composited mosaics of the U.S. using ETM+ data from 2002 to 2012.
Data in Action
March 31, 2016
This ARSET training provides demonstrations and hands-on experience in using NASA remote sensing observations and flood mapping tools.
Training
March 16 - April 6, 2016
Learn how MODIS data reprocessing campaigns make the data more accurate, especially for temperature estimates of error-prone land-cover types such as deserts.
Data in Action
Feb. 24, 2016
Explore how satellite data helped assess rice crop recovery after the 2011 Japan tsunami, analyze sand dune structures in Namibia, and link groundwater levels to vegetation in China’s arid regions.
Data in Action
Feb. 10, 2016
See how MODIS Leaf Area Index data are used to complement in situ data to evaluate seasonal changes in the relationship between canopy cover and photosynthesis.
Data in Action
Jan. 27, 2016
Waves and Satellites: Effect of El Niño on Big Wave Surfing
Data in Action
Jan. 25, 2016
Emergency teams use MODIS data to monitor the locations and sizes of wildfires, observe fire patterns and durations, and track burn scars to help prevent, manage, and predict fires.
Data in Action
Nov. 25, 2015
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