CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- MODIS
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Full Name
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MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)  and Ocean colour instruments
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Geometry
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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF-EOS
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Measurements and Applications
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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).
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Resolution Summary
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Cloud cover: 250 m (day) and 1000 m (night), Surface temperature: 1000 m
[Best Resolution: 250m]
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Swath Summary
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2330 km
[Max Swath: 2330 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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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%
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Waveband Summary
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VIS - TIR: 36 bands in range 0.4 - 14.4 µm
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| 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) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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