Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Data

Data products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument onboard the Terra and Aqua satellites as part of NASA-led international Earth Observation System (EOS) programme. MODIS provides high radiometric sensitivity (12 bit) in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 micrometres to 14.4 micrometres. Two bands are imaged at a nominal resolution of 250 m at nadir, with five bands at 500 m, and the remaining 29 bands at 1 km. A +/- 55-degree scanning pattern at the EOS orbit of 705 km achieves a 2,330-km swath and provides global coverage every one to two days. The main objective of MODIS is to enhance our understandings on global dynamics and processes occurring on the land, in the oceans and in the lower atmosphere, and these data are also essential in the development of validated, global and interactive Earth system models.

Date (Publication): 2014-08-05T08:23:33

Date (Creation): 2014-08-05T08:23:33

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/34e75e7e8e838b0f3ee5916856d510b4

Identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 34e75e7e8e838b0f3ee5916856d510b4

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - author

USA

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NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 2000-02-23T23:55:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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OnLine resource: MODIS Related Sites
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OnLine resource: NASA A-Train Website
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OnLine resource: MODIS Components
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OnLine resource: NASA Aqua Website
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OnLine resource: NASA Terra Website
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OnLine resource: MODIS Non-Technical Description
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OnLine resource: MODIS Specification
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OnLine resource: MODIS Data Products Descriptions
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OnLine resource: NASA EOS Website
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OnLine resource: Brochure about MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: NASA's Earth Observing System
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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2026-03-30T02:26:20

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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