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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.
MODIS Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| LP DAAC Data Pool | Access LP DAAC data files via HTTPS. | Access | |
| 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 | |
| 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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Datasets
| Dataset | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MODIS-derived Vegetation and Albedo Parameters for Agroecosystem-Climate Modeling | 2003-01-01 to 2010-12-31 | N: 49.1525 S: 15.1525 E: -51.9489 W: -139.051 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | netCDF-4 classic | Leaf Characteristics, LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Albedo, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| Global Annual PM2.5 Grids from MODIS, MISR and SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) with GWR, 1998-2016 | 1998-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | N: 69.85 S: -54.85 E: 180 W: -180 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 3 | PDF, PNG, WMS, GeoTIFF | Particulate Matter, Particulates |
| ABoVE: Last Day of Spring Snow, Alaska, USA, and Yukon Territory, Canada, 2000-2016 | 2000-04-01 to 2016-07-02 | N: 68.9658 S: 52.1694 E: -97.9489 W: -175.762 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Snow Cover |
| India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016 | 2001-03-31 to 2016-03-31 | N: 37.073831 S: 8.083816 E: 89.150397 W: 68.106253 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 4 | GeoTIFF, netCDF-4, PDF, PNG, WMS | Agriculture Production, Land Use/Land Cover |
| LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001 | 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31 | N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842 | 2 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Vegetation Cover, Forests |
| Files containing only extrapolated orbital metadata, to be read via SDP Toolkit, Binary Format | 2016-01-24 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | Not provided | BINARY | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| MODIS/Aqua 24-hour Spacecraft ephemeris/orbit data files to be read via SDP Toolkit Binary Format - NRT | 2017-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | NA | Binary | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| PM1 5-min Spacecraft attitude data from GBAD - NRT | 2017-10-11 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | NA | Binary | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 4.1 (GFEDv4) | 1995-06-01 to 2016-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 4.1 | COMPLETE | 4 | multiple | Carbonaceous Aerosols, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions |
| Global 500-m Foliage Clumping Index Data Derived from MODIS BRDF, 2006 | 2006-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Canopy Characteristics |
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