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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
Join us for an overview of NASA's LAADS DAAC, its Level-1 and atmospheric data products, and to explore different options to search, discover, and acquire the data.
Webinar
Oct. 25, 2021
This ARSET training provides an overview of NASA resources for monitoring climate change and its impacts.
Training
Sept. 29 - Oct. 6, 2021
Esta capacitación de ARSET cubre similitudes y diferencias entre MODIS y VIIRS para monitoreo de calidad del agua.
Training
Sept. 14-21, 2021
This ARSET training provides an overview of the similarities and differences between MODIS and VIIRS for water quality monitoring.
Training
Sept. 14-21, 2021
This ARSET training provides an overview of species distribution models and how to use remote sensing data for landscape characterization.
Training
Aug. 12-19, 2021
Read highlights of three publications that detail how NASA Earth observation data informs earthquake prediction, the effects of wildfires on vegetation, and the impact of agriculture on African birds.
Data in Action
July 19, 2021
LANCE near real-time products enable the management of ongoing events; standard data products are heavily processed and intended for scientific research.
Data Basics
July 15, 2021
NASA DEVELOP participants used satellite data to identify priority areas for heat relief in Tempe, Arizona, creating tools to guide city officials in implementing targeted mitigation strategies.
Data in Action
June 29, 2021
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A new comparison feature in the most recently released version of NASA’s Worldview data visualization application makes it easy to compare two images.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
LANCE has started generating NRT daily 8-day rolling datasets following requests from the dust modeling and agricultural monitoring communities.
News
Nov. 4, 2020
A recent study reviewed the impact of satellite data in accurately forecasting the path of Hurricane Sandy. The study showed that AIRS NRT data from NASA’s polar-orbiting satellites significantly improve these predictions.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
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