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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - MODIS -

Full Name

MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

NASA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)

and Ocean colour instruments

Geometry

Cross-track scanning

Instrument Technology

Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer

Sampling

Imaging

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

HDF-EOS

Measurements and Applications

Data on biological and physical processes on the surface of the Earth and in the lower atmosphere, and on global dynamics. Surface temperatures of land and ocean, chlorophyll fluorescence, land cover measurements, cloud cover (day and night).

Resolution Summary

Cloud cover: 250 m (day) and 1000 m (night), Surface temperature: 1000 m
[Best Resolution: 250m]

Swath Summary

2330 km
[Max Swath: 2330 km]

Accuracy Summary

Long wave radiance: 100 nW/m2, Short wave radiance: 5%, Surface temperature of land: <1 K, Surface temperature of ocean: <0.2 K, Snow and ice cover: 10%

Waveband Summary

VIS - TIR: 36 bands in range 0.4 - 14.4 µm

VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)

Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview

Category	Parameter
Aerosols	Aerosol optical depth (column/profile)
	Aerosol effective radius (column/profile)
Albedo and reflectance	Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR)
	Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)
	Earth surface albedo
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (TC)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT)
	Atmospheric stability index
Cloud particle properties and profile	Cloud ice content (at cloud top)
	Cloud drop effective radius
	Cloud optical depth
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud imagery
	Cloud cover
	Cloud top height
	Cloud top temperature
Multi-purpose imagery (land)	Fire fractional cover
	Land surface imagery
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean colour/biology	Ocean chlorophyll concentration
	Ocean suspended sediment concentration
	Color dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
Ozone	O3 Mole Fraction
Radiation budget	Long-wave Earth surface emissivity
	Diffuse attenuation coefficient (DAC)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover
Snow cover, edge and depth	Snow cover
Surface temperature (land)	Land surface temperature
	Fire temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature
Vegetation	Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)
	Leaf Area Index (LAI)
	Vegetation type
	Land cover

Thematic Links

Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Aerosols properties	click here	click here	MYD04_L2: MODIS/Aqua Aerosol 5-Min L2 Sw... MOD04_L2: MODIS/Terra Aerosol 5-Min L2 S...
Albedo	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	Cloud_cci Cloud Data Record v2 Cloud_cci Cloud Data Record v2 Cloud_cci Cloud Data Record v2 Cloud_cci Cloud Data Record v2 Cloud_cci Cloud Data Record v2 find more ECV Inventory records
Fire	click here	click here	FireCCISFD11 - ESA Fire Climate Change I... Record ID: 11879 Record ID: 11878 FireCCI51 - ESA Fire Climate Change Init... FireCCI51 - ESA Fire Climate Change Init... find more ECV Inventory records
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land cover	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Leaf Area Index (LAI)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Ocean Colour	click here	click here	Record ID: 11519 Record ID: 11518 Record ID: 11517 Record ID: 11516 ESA Ocean Colour CCI version 3.0 find more ECV Inventory records
Ozone	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea...
Snow	click here	click here	NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northe... MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial...
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	Record ID: 11840

Instrument Missions

Terra - Terra (formerly EOS AM-1) (1999 - 2023)

Aqua - Aqua (formerly EOS PM-1) (2002 - 2023)


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