| Abstract |
The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (more info here) is one of the instruments aboard the Terra (more info here) and Aqua satellites. The objective of MODIS is to provide long-term observations to improve understanding of global dynamics and processes occuring on the surface of the Earth and in the lower atmosphere. The scientific goals of the MODIS are:
* determine surface temperature at 1-km resolution, day and night, with an absolute accuracy of 0.2 K for ocean and 1 K for land
* obtain ocean color (ocean-leaving spectral radiance) from 415 to 653 nm
* determine chlorophyll fluoresence within 50% at surface water concentrations of 0.5 mg per cubic meter of chlorophyll a
* obtain chlorophyll a concentrations within 35%
* obtain information on vegetation and land surface properties, land cover type, vegetation indicies, and snow cover and snow reflectance
* obtain cloud cover with 500-m resolution by day and 1000-m resolution at night
* obtain cloud properties
* obtain aerosol properties
* determine information on biomass burning
* obtain global distribution of atmospheric stability and total precipitable water
From this collection you may order products of the following types:
- Level-1B Calibrated Geolocation Data Set (MOD 02)
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