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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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ISLSCP II GIMMS Monthly NDVI, 1981-2002 1981-07-01 to 2002-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 Shapefile Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics
Climatological Monthly Frequency of Dust Storm over Land for Varying Intensities, Based on MODIS Aqua Deep Blue Level 2 Aerosol Products MYD04_L2 Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.1 by 0.1 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 1 (MYDFDS_CLM_GLB_L3) at GES DISC 2003-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 ACTIVE 3 Dust/Ash/Smoke, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
ABoVE: MODIS- and CCAN-Derived NDVI and Trends, North Slope of Alaska, 2000-2015 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 CSV Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Biogeochemical Cycles
Climatological Monthly Frequency of Dust Storm over Land for Varying Intensities, Based on MODIS Terra Deep Blue Level 2 Aerosol Products MOD04_L2 Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.1 by 0.1 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 1 (MODFDS_CLM_GLB_L3) at GES DISC 2000-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 ACTIVE 3 Dust/Ash/Smoke, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
MODIS/Terra Global Annual 0.01Deg CMG Snow Cover Climatology V001 2000-03-01 to 2023-07-31 1 COMPLETE Not provided netCDF-4 Snow Cover
LBA-ECO LC-22 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2000-2001 2000-11-01 to 2001-11-30 1 COMPLETE 3 GeoTIFF Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Standard Deviation of Monthly Frequency of Dust Storm over Land for Varying Intensities, Based on MODIS Terra Deep Blue Level 2 Aerosol Products MOD04_L2 Collection 6.1, on a Global 0.1 by 0.1 Degree Grid, Level 3 Version 1 (MODFDS_SDV_GLB_L3) at GES DISC 2000-01-01 to 2022-12-31 1 ACTIVE 3 Dust/Ash/Smoke, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
SEDIMENT ANALYSIS NETWORK FOR DECISION SUPPORT (SANDS) MODIS GEOTIFF V1 2000-09-11 to 2008-09-09 1 COMPLETE 1B ASCII - TIFF Sediment Transport, Sediments, Erosion, Sedimentation, Erosion
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
Glacial and Fast Ice Distributions in Southeast Greenland Fjords V001 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 Shapefile, CSV, GeoPackage Fast Ice, Fjords, Glaciers/Ice Sheets
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MODIS Data Tools

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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
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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