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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
MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 5-Min L2 1km V006 2000-02-24 to 2005-12-31 006 DEPRECATED 2 HDF-EOS2 Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Ref Band7 Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V006 2000-02-16 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 3 HDF-EOS2 Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Ref Band3 Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V006 2000-02-16 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 3 HDF-EOS2 Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
MODIS/Aqua Ocean Reflectance Daily L2G-Lite Global 1km SIN Grid V006 2002-07-04 to 2023-02-26 006 DEPRECATED 2G HDF-EOS2 Reflectance, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid Day V006 2000-02-24 to 2005-12-31 006 DEPRECATED 3 HDF-EOS2 Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
MODIS/Terra Ocean Reflectance Daily L2G-Lite Global 1km SIN Grid V006 2000-02-24 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 2G HDF-EOS2 Reflectance, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Parameter2 Shortwave Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V006 2000-02-16 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 3 HDF-EOS2 Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Black Sky Albedo Band6 Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V006 2000-02-16 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 3 HDF-EOS2 Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance
MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Snow-free Model Parameters Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 2000-02-16 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 3 HDF-EOS2 Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 4-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 2002-07-04 to 2023-02-17 006 DEPRECATED 4 HDF-EOS2 Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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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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