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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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MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-04 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-04 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime V2019.0 2002-01-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-01-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2002-07-03 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 daily, 1x1 degree grid 2002-07-04 to Present 6.2 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties Level 3 monthly, 1x1 degree grid 2002-07-01 to Present 6.2 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Optical Depth/Thickness, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution
MODIS NDVI Data, Smoothed and Gap-filled, for the Conterminous US: 2000-2015 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31 3 COMPLETE 4 netCDF-4 classic Plant Phenology, Vegetation Index
MODIS Terra L2 deep-convective cloud classification 2001-01-01 to 2020-12-31 001 COMPLETE 2 Clouds, Convective Clouds/Systems (Observed/Analyzed)
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 day 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0 2000-02-24 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature
MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0 2000-01-01 2019.0 ACTIVE 3 netCDF-4 Sea Surface Temperature

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
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, 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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