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Read stories from the 2014 issue of Sensing our Planet to learn about the many uses of MODIS data distributed by LP DAAC.
Data in Action
March 18, 2015
Feb. 24, 2015, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the first data imaged from the Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument.
News
Feb. 24, 2015
MODIS data captured the extensive flooding of the Shire River in Malawi and Mozambique, caused by unusually heavy rains and a tropical cyclone.
Data in Action
Feb. 15, 2015
NASA's Northwest U.S. Agriculture Team used MODIS data to calculate the growing degree days of the codling moth.
Data in Action
Feb. 14, 2015
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) in February 2000 measured the elevation of 80% of Earth’s land surface and produced uniquely valuable data.
News
Feb. 4, 2015
OPeNDAP allows users to gather data as a subset rather than trying to extract the required data from the tile-based granules.
News
Jan. 27, 2015
Learn how MODIS vegetation indices can be used to monitor variations in global vegetation conditions, such as seasonal leaf changes.
Data in Action
Dec. 23, 2014
Discover how Landsat data were used map areas of the Alaskan Yukon River basin proving that land cover type was a good predictor of permafrost.
Data in Action
Dec. 10, 2014
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