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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 Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERES and GEO-Enhanced TOA, Within-Atmosphere, and Surface Fluxes Clouds and Aerosols Monthly Terra Edition4A | 2000-03-01 to 2002-06-30 | Edition4A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Height, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux |
| CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM1 | 2000-04-12 to 2004-11-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | HDF4 | Albedo, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM2 | 2000-04-12 to 2005-02-28 | 1 | COMPLETE | 2 | HDF4 | Albedo, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Aqua FM3 MODIS Edition4A | 2018-01-01 to Present | Edition4A | ACTIVE | 2 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Skin Temperature |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM1 MODIS Edition4A | 2018-01-01 to Present | Edition4A | ACTIVE | 2 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Skin Temperature |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath Terra FM2 MODIS Edition4A | 2024-05-01 to 2024-08-31 | Edition4A | COMPLETE | 2 | HDF4 | Albedo, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Skin Temperature |
| 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 MODIS and GEO Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Daytime Edition3A | 2000-03-01 to 2017-02-28 | Edition3A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Radiative Transfer |
| CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Day Terra FM1 Edition3A | 2000-05-01 to 2017-02-28 | Edition3A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction |
| CERES MODIS Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Day Terra FM2 Edition3A | 2000-03-01 to 2006-02-28 | Edition3A | COMPLETE | 3 | HDF4 | Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Midlayer Temperature, Radiative Flux, Cloud Fraction |
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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 | |
| 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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