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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.

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Dataset Temporal Extent Version Data State Processing Level Data Format Related Topics
CERES Daily Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A 2002-07-01 to Present Edition4A ACTIVE 3 NetCDF-4 Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation
CERES Monthly Daytime Mean Regionally Averaged Terra and Aqua TOA Fluxes and Associated Cloud Properties Stratified by Optical Depth and Effective Pressure Edition4A 2002-07-01 to Present Edition4A ACTIVE 3 NetCDF-4 Atmospheric Radiation, Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Outgoing Longwave Radiation
Global Monthly Mean Leaf Area Index Climatology, 1981-2015 1981-08-01 to 2015-08-31 1 COMPLETE 3 netCDF-4 classic LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
ABoVE: Environmental Conditions During Fall Moose Hunting Seasons, Alaska, 2000-2016 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 CSV Air Temperature, Leaf Characteristics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Phenological Changes, Animal Ecology and Behavior
Snowmelt Timing Maps Derived from MODIS for North America, Version 2, 2001-2018 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 2 COMPLETE 3 GeoTIFF Snow Melt, Snow Melt
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite (GDS2) 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 2 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime V2019.0 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
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MODIS Data Tools

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Tool Sort descending Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
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
HiTIDE Use HiTIDE to subset and download popular Level 2 (swath) datasets. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Downloading
LDOPE Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. Analysis, Visualization
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
SOTO State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. 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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