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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 Sort ascending Data State Processing Level Data Format Related Topics
Carbon Monitoring System Lake Huron Primary Production Yearly V1 (CMSLakeHuronPPY) at GES DISC 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 Primary Production
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
SAFARI 2000 MAPSS MOD04_L2 Aerosol Summary Data for Southern Africa 2000-02-26 to 2001-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 Shapefile Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Frequency
Siberian Boreal Forest Aboveground Biomass and Fire Scar Maps, Russia, 1969-2007 1969-07-01 to 2007-07-26 1 COMPLETE 3 GeoTIFF Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fire Ecology, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Dominant Species, Vegetation Index
CMS: MODIS GPP, fPAR, and SST, and ENSO Index, Baja California, Mexico, 2000-2013 2000-01-01 to 2013-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 CSV Multivariate ENSO Index, Sea Surface Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08 1 COMPLETE 2 CSV Soil Temperature, Fire Occurrence, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content
Terra MODIS Level-1 Level-1 Data, version 1 2000-02-24 to Present 1 ACTIVE 1 netCDF-4 Ocean Color
SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30 1 COMPLETE 4 Shapefile Litter Characteristics, Biomass Burning, Savannas, Grasslands, Forests
ABoVE: TVPRM Simulated Net Ecosystem Exchange, Alaskan North Slope, 2008-2017 2008-01-01 to 2017-12-31 1 COMPLETE 4 netCDF-4 classic Air Temperature, Alpine/Tundra, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Cover
ISLSCP II C4 Vegetation Percentage 1993-01-01 to 1998-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 ASCII Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics
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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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