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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.
Datasets
| Dataset | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016 | 2001-03-31 to 2016-03-31 | 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 | 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 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | Not provided | BINARY | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| PM1 5-min Spacecraft attitude data from GBAD - NRT | 2017-10-11 | 6.1NRT | ACTIVE | NA | Binary | ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS |
| GHRSST Level 4 MW_IR_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature analysis version 5.1 from REMSS | 2002-06-01 | 5.1 | ACTIVE | 4 | netCDF-4 | Sea Surface Foundation Temperature |
| GHRSST Level 4 MW_IR_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature analysis version 5.0 from REMSS | 2002-06-01 | 5.0 | ACTIVE | 4 | netCDF-4 | Sea Surface Temperature |
| Global Fire Emissions Database, Version 4.1 (GFEDv4) | 1995-06-01 to 2016-12-31 | 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 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Canopy Characteristics |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 | 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | CSV | Soil Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | 3 | GeoTIFF | Fire Dynamics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo, Forests, Burned Area |
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MODIS Data Tools
| 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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