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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
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003 2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31 1 COMPLETE 3 multiple Reflectance, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence
GEO-LEO Merged Deep Blue Aerosol 0.25x0.25 degree Gridded L2 2019-05-01 to 2020-05-01 1 ACTIVE 2G NetCDF-4 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties
Global Monthly Mean Leaf Area Index Climatology, 1981-2015 1981-08-01 to 2015-08-31 1 COMPLETE 3 netCDF-4 classic LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
NDVI, Species Cover, and LAI, Burned and Unburned sites, Interior Alaska, 2017-2018 2017-08-29 to 2018-08-20 1 COMPLETE 3 CSV Forests, LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI), Vegetation Cover, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Photosynthetically Active Radiation Daily/3-Hour L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V062 2000-02-24 to Present 062 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS2 Land Use/Land Cover Classification
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Photosynthetically Active Radiation Daily/3-Hour L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V062 2000-02-24 to Present 062 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS2 Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Surface Radiation Daily/3-Hour L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V062 2000-02-24 to Present 062 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS2 Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Shortwave Radiation
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Downward Shortwave Radiation Daily/3-Hour L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V062 2000-02-24 to Present 062 ACTIVE 3 HDF-EOS2 Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Shortwave Radiation
MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 5-Min L2 1km V061 2000-02-24 to Present 061 ACTIVE 2 HDF-EOS2 Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Aerosol Optical Depth Daily L2G Global 1km SIN Grid V061 2000-02-24 to Present 061 ACTIVE 2G HDF-EOS2 Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
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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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