Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: Difference between revisions

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[[image:ev26221_KlyuchevskayaSopka.A2004012.0035.500m.jpg|thumb||250px|Ash plumes on Kamchatka Peninsula, eastern Russia]]

'''MODIS''' ('''Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer''') is a [[payload]] scientific instrument launched into [[Earth]] [[orbit]] by [[NASA]] in [[1999]] on board the [[Terra (satellite)|Terra]] (EOS AM) and [[Aqua (satellite)|Aqua]] (EOS PM) satellitesatellites. It is designed to provide measurements in large-scale changes in the Earth's [[cloud]] cover and [[radiation budget]]. The instruments capture data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 µm to 14.4 µm and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands @ 250m, 5 bands @ 500m and 29 bands @ 1km). Together the instruments image the entire earth every 1 to 2 days.

==External links==

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*[http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/showall.php MODIS Images of the Day]

*[http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/Sensors/Terra/MODIS.html Visible Earth: Latest MODIS images]

*[http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Rapid Response system (Near Real Time images)]

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