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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2005 | 2005-03-17 to 2005-03-24 | N: -11.5 S: -13.1334 E: -54.2833 W: -55.75 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | multiple | Forests, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| LBA-ECO LC-39 Modeled Carbon Flux from Deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2000-2006 | 2000-10-01 to 2006-09-30 | N: -10 S: -20 E: -50.7629 W: -63.8507 | 1 | COMPLETE | 4 | multiple | Vegetation Index, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Carbon |
| LBA-ECO LC-39 MODIS Active Fire and Frequency Data for South America: 2000-2007 | 2000-03-01 to 2007-12-31 | N: 11.7452 S: -34.86 E: -53.308 W: -81.286 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | multiple | Fire Occurrence, Deforestation |
| LBA-ECO LC-31 Historical Land-Use in the Amazon: 1940-1995 | 1940-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 5.41 S: -19.56 E: -45.59 W: -74.35 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-3 | Agricultural Lands, Land Use Classes |
| LBA-ECO LC-22 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2000-2001 | 2000-11-01 to 2001-11-30 | N: 16 S: -63 E: -34 W: -82 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| LBA-ECO LC-22 Post-deforestation Land Use, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2001-2005 | 2001-08-01 to 2005-07-31 | N: -7.4731 S: -18.2281 E: -50.0956 W: -61.0089 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | Shapefile | Deforestation |
| LBA-ECO LC-02 Hot Pixel Fire Indicator Data for Tri-national MAP Region: 2003-2006 | 2003-01-01 to 2006-12-31 | N: -0.6667 S: -22.3833 E: -57.7933 W: -81.2833 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | CSV | Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| LBA-ECO LC-15 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 1-km, Amazon Basin: 2000-2001 | 2000-10-31 to 2001-12-09 | N: 13.6944 S: -21.1273 E: -34.2214 W: -82.7208 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | Shapefile | Land Use Classes, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| LBA-ECO LC-07 Amazon Floodplain Lake Chlorophyll from MODIS, Para, Brazil: 2002-2003 | 2002-04-01 to 2003-12-31 | N: -1 S: -3.00025 E: -52.9995 W: -57 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Wetlands, Chlorophyll, Lakes/Reservoirs |
| Location and Permanency of Water Bodies in the African Sahel Region from 2003-2011 | 2003-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | N: 20 S: 10 E: 40 W: -20 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | netCDF-3 | Inundation, Lakes/Reservoirs, Total Surface Water |
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