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Reflectance Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Worldview, Earthdata Search, and Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) guide users in making the most of reflectance data.

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LAI & PAR Data: Light Bar - UNL (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR	1987-06-30 to 1989-10-31	N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.6		multiple
LBA-ECO CD-34 Hyperion 30-m Surface Reflectance, Amazon Basin: 2002-2005	1	EO-1	HYPERION	2002-06-29 to 2005-10-01	N: -0.5284 S: -13.741 E: -51.3064 W: -75.3955		GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-01 Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+ Imagery, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: 1973-2002	1	LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5	MSS, ETM+, TM	1973-02-07 to 2002-09-12	N: 0.9495 S: -2.3979 E: -74.4006 W: -78.2831		Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-07 Reflectance Spectra and Water Quality of Amazon Basin Floodplain Lakes	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY	SPECTROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SECCHI DISKS, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS	2000-07-07 to 2000-08-02	N: -2.9583 S: -3.9811 E: -60.5264 W: -63.9014		CSV
LBA-ECO LC-18 Hyperion 30-m Surface Reflectance, Mato Grosso, Brazil: July 2004	1	EO-1	HYPERION	2004-07-10 to 2004-07-10	N: -12.6649 S: -13.1678 E: -52.28 W: -52.4642		ASCII
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003	1	Terra, NOAA-12, Aqua	MODIS, AVHRR	2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31	N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74		multiple
LBA-ECO ND-01 Reflectance and Biophysical Measures, Grass Pastures: Rondonia, Brazil	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	BALANCE, SPECTRORADIOMETERS	2003-07-19 to 2003-08-03	N: -8 S: -15 E: -60 W: -65		multiple
Leaf Area Index Maps at 30-m Resolution, VALERI Site, Larose, Canada	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, SPOT-4	CAMERA, TM, ETM+, HRVIR	2003-05-08 to 2003-08-19	N: 45.394 S: 45.3671 E: -75.1979 W: -75.2364		multiple
Leaf Reflectances: LICOR (OTTER)	1	LABORATORY	SPECTRORADIOMETERS	1990-06-19 to 1990-06-21	N: 44.67 S: 44.29 E: -121.33 W: -122.61		ASCII
Leaf Reflectances: Perkin-Elmer (OTTER)	1	LABORATORY	SPECTROPHOTOMETERS	1991-06-14 to 1991-06-18	N: 45.07 S: 44.6 E: -122.61 W: -123.95		ASCII
LMOS Miscellaneous and Ancillary Data Products	1	SATELLITES	Computer	2017-01-01 to 2018-01-01			HDF4
LPJ-PROSAIL L2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance V001	001	LPJ-PROSAIL		2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees	netCDF-4
LPJ-PROSAIL L2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance V002	002	LPJ-PROSAIL		2000-01-01 to 2022-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees	netCDF-4
METOP-B AVHRR Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg CMG	6	METOP-B	AVHRR	2013-01-16 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees	HDF-EOS
METOP-B AVHRR Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG	6	METOP-B	AVHRR	2013-01-16 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees	HDF-EOS
MISR L2 FIRSTLOOK Land Surface Product subset for the ARCTAS region V001	001	Terra	MISR	2008-04-02 to 2008-07-24	N: 71 S: 54 E: -110 W: -157		HDF4
MISR L2 Geometric Parameters subset for the C-MARE Region V002	002	Terra	MISR	2004-09-20 to 2014-10-23	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF4
MISR L2 Land Surface Product subset for the C-MARE Region V002	002	Terra	MISR	2004-09-20 to 2004-10-23	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF4
MISR L2 Land Surface Product subset for the INTEX-B region V002	002	Terra	MISR	2006-02-28 to 2006-04-03	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF4
MISR L2 Surface Product subset for the SAMUM region V002	002	Terra	MISR	2006-05-12 to 2006-06-15	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF4
MISR L2 TOA/Cloud Albedo Product subset for the RICO region V002	002	Terra	MISR	2000-11-01 to 2005-02-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF4
MISR Level 2 FIRSTLOOK Surface parameters V002	002	Terra	MISR	1999-12-18 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
MISR Level 2 FIRSTLOOK TOA/Cloud Albedo parameters V001	001	Terra	MISR	2007-06-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 2 Surface parameters V002	002	Terra	MISR	1999-12-18 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 2 Surface parameters V003	003	Terra	MISR	2000-03-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4

Featured Reflectance Observation Method: MODIS

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a key instrument aboard the Terra and Aqua platforms. Terra and Aqua survey Earth's surface every one to two days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands. The MODIS surface reflectance products provide an estimate of the surface spectral reflectance as it would be measured at ground level in the absence of atmospheric scattering or absorption.

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