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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+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 1-day CS GeoTIFF 2021-03-15 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 GeoTIFF Floods, Floods
MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 1-day GeoTIFF 2021-03-15 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 GeoTIFF Floods, Floods
MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 2-day GeoTIFF 2021-03-15 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 GeoTIFF Floods, Floods
MODIS/Aqua+Terra Global Flood Product L3 NRT 250m 3-day GeoTIFF 2021-03-15 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 GeoTIFF Floods, Floods
MODIS-based GPP, PAR, fC4, and SANIRv estimates from SLOPE for CONUS, 2000-2019 2000-01-01 to 2020-01-01 1 COMPLETE 4 GeoTIFF Reflectance, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Plant Characteristics, REFLECTED INFRARED, Gross Primary Production (gpp)
MODIS_CR_Equal_Angle_3h 2002-12-31 to 2020-12-31 1.0 COMPLETE 3 Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Pressure
MODIS_CR_Equal_Angle_Daily 2002-12-31 to 2020-12-31 1.0 COMPLETE 3 Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Pressure
MODIS_CR_Equal_Area_3h 2002-12-31 to 2020-12-31 1.0 COMPLETE 3 Clouds, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Pressure
MODIS-derived Aggregate, Woody and Herbaceous Leaf Area Index for Africa, 2002-2022 2002-07-05 to 2022-07-29 1 COMPLETE 3 netCDF-4 Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
MODIS-derived Annual Vegetation Resilience, 2000-2019 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 COG DISTURBANCE, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Index
MODIS-derived Vegetation and Albedo Parameters for Agroecosystem-Climate Modeling 2003-01-01 to 2010-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 netCDF-4 classic Leaf Characteristics, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Albedo, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
MODIS/Terra 1 degree Gridded MODIS Active Fire Product V005 (MOD14CM1) at GES DISC 2000-11-01 to 2015-12-31 005 COMPLETE 3 Fire Occurrence
MODIS/Terra 8-Day Clear Sky Radiance Bias Daily L3 Global 1Deg Zonal Bands 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS Infrared Radiance, Microwave Radiance
MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 10km - NRT 2017-10-11 6.1NRT ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 3km 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 Swath 3km - NRT 2017-10-11 6.1NRT ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Aerosols, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Forward Scatter, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles
MODIS/Terra Aerosol, Cloud and Water Vapor Subset 5-Min L2 Swath 5km and 10km 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Particle Properties, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Reflectance, Humidity
MODIS/Terra Aerosol Cloud Water Vapor Ozone 8-Day L3 Global 1Deg CMG 2000-02-18 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
MODIS/Terra Aerosol Cloud Water Vapor Ozone Daily L3 Global 1Deg CMG 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
MODIS/Terra Aerosol Cloud Water Vapor Ozone Monthly L3 Global 1Deg CMG 2000-02-01 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone
MODIS/Terra Aerosol Optical Thickness Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMA NRT 2021-02-07 to Present 6.1NRT ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
MODIS/Terra Atmosphere Aeronet Subsetting Product 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, Visible Radiance
MODIS/Terra Atmosphere BELMANIP Subsetting Product 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, Visible Radiance
MODIS/Terra Atmosphere FluxNet Subsetting Product 2000-02-24 to Present 6.1 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, THERMAL INFRARED, Visible Radiance
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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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