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MODIS Resources
Earthdata resources for users working with NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data include tutorials and other learning resources, news announcements such as instrument updates and data releases, user guides and related documents, and frequently asked questions.
MODIS Learning Resources
Learn how NASA MODIS data and the AppEEARS tool can be used to detect and analyze temperature differences between urban and rural areas.
Data in Action
June 22, 2016
This ARSET training provides an overview of carbon monitoring for terrestrial ecosystems.
Training
June 9 - July 7, 2016
Read stories from the 2015 issue of Sensing our Planet to learn about the many uses of MODIS data distributed by LP DAAC.
Data in Action
June 1, 2016
Learn how remote sensing helps classify minerals and identify faults, the effectiveness of an afforestation program, and assessing forests and grasslands disturbance.
Data in Action
May 20, 2016
Learn about Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD), a MEaSUREs project that created composited mosaics of the U.S. using ETM+ data from 2002 to 2012.
Data in Action
March 31, 2016
This ARSET training provides demonstrations and hands-on experience in using NASA remote sensing observations and flood mapping tools.
Training
March 16 - April 6, 2016
Learn how MODIS data reprocessing campaigns make the data more accurate, especially for temperature estimates of error-prone land-cover types such as deserts.
Data in Action
Feb. 24, 2016
Explore how satellite data helped assess rice crop recovery after the 2011 Japan tsunami, analyze sand dune structures in Namibia, and link groundwater levels to vegetation in China’s arid regions.
Data in Action
Feb. 10, 2016
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Based on the same MODIS algorithm, the new VIIRS Dark Target Aerosol product provides global satellite-derived measurements of Aerosol Optical Depth and aerosol properties over land and ocean.
News
July 12, 2021
Image captured on 6 July 2021, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Terra satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
July 12, 2021
Image captured on 26 June 2021, by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
July 6, 2021
The Time Since Detection classification for MODIS and VIIRS active fire detection is available in the fire map for FIRMS Global and FIRMS US/Canada.
Blog
June 30, 2021
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