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== Applications ==
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With its low spatial resolution but high temporal resolution, MODIS data are useful to track changes in the landscape over time. Examples of such applications are the monitoring of vegetation health by means of time-series analyses with vegetation indices,<ref>LU, L., KUENZER, C., WANG, C., GUO, H., Li, Q., 2015: Evaluation of three MODIS-derived Vegetation Index Time Series for Dry land Vegetation Dynamics Monitoring. Remote Sensing, 2015, 7, 7597–7614; doi:10.3390/rs70607597</ref> long term land cover changes (e.g. to monitor deforestation rates),<ref>LEINENKUGEL; P., WOLTERS, M., OPPELT, N., KUENZER, C., 2014: Tree cover and forest cover dynamics in the Mekong Basin from 2001 to 2011. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 158, 376–392</ref><ref>KLEIN, I., GESSNER, U. and C. KUENZER, 2012: Regional land cover mapping in Central Asia using MODIS time series. Applied Geography 35, 1–16</ref><ref>LU, L., KUENZER, C., GUO, H., Li, Q., LONG, T., LI, X., 2014: A Novel Land Cover Classification Map Based on MODIS Time-series in Nanjing, China. Remote Sensing, 6, 3387–3408; doi:10.3390/rs6043387</ref><ref>GESSNER, U.; MACHWITZ, M.; ESCH, T.; TILLACK, A.; NAEIMI, V.; KUENZER, C.; DECH, S. (2015): Multi-sensor mapping of West African land cover using MODIS, ASAR and TanDEM-X/TerraSAR-X data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 282–297</ref> global snow cover trends,<ref>DIETZ,{{Cite A.,journal|last=Hall|first=Dorothy KUENZER,K|author-link=Dorothy C.,Hall and(scientist)|last2=Riggs|first2=George C. CONRAD, 2013: Snow cover variability in Central Asia between 2000 and 2011 derivedA|last3=Salomonson|first3=Vincent fromV|last4=DiGirolamo|first4=Nicolo improvedE|last5=Bayr|first5=Klaus J|date=2002|title=MODIS daily snow -cover products|url=https://linkinghub. International Journal of elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0034425702000950|journal=Remote Sensing 34of Environment|language=en|volume=83|issue=1-2|pages=181–194|doi=10.1016/S0034-4257(1102), 3879–390200095-0}}</ref><ref>DIETZ,{{Cite Ajournal|last=Hall|first=Dorothy K.,|author-link=Dorothy WOHNER,Hall C(scientist)|last2=Riggs|first2=George A.,|last3=Salomonson|first3=Vincent and CV.|date=1995|title=Development KUENZER,of 2012:methods for mapping Europeanglobal snow cover characteristicsusing betweenmoderate 2000resolution andimaging 2011spectroradiometer derived from improved MODIS daily snow cover productsdata|url=https://linkinghub. elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/003442579500137P|journal=Remote Sensing, 4, 2432–2454,of Environment|language=en|volume=54|issue=2|pages=127–140|doi:=10.33901016/rs40824320034-4257(95)00137-P}}</ref> water inundation from pluvial, riverine, or [[sea level rise]] flooding in coastal areas,<ref>KUENZER, C, KLEIN, I., ULLMANN; T., FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU, E., BAUMHAUER, R., DECH, S., 2015: Remote Sensing of River Delta Inundation: exploiting the Potential of coarse spatial Resolution, temporally-dense MODIS Time Series. Remote Sensing, 7, 8516–8542</ref> change of water levels of major lakes such as the [[Aral Sea]],<ref>KLEIN, I., DIETZ, A., GESSNER, U., DECH, S., KUENZER, C., 2015: Results of the Global WaterPack: a novel product to assess inland water body dynamics on a daily basis. Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 6, No. 1, 78–87</ref><ref>[http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/aral_sea.php?src=features-hp&eocn=home&eoci=feature "Shrinking Aral Sea."]''NASA Earth Observatory.'' Retrieved: 30 September 2014.</ref> and the detection and mapping of [[wildland fires]] in the United States.<ref name="LAT 019-11-05">{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-05/kincade-fire-burn-scar-satellite-image|title=Satellite image shows Kincade fire burn scar|last=Wigglesworth|first=Alex|date=2019-11-06|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> The [[United States Forest Service]]'s Remote Sensing Applications Center analyzes MODIS imagery on a continuous basis to provide information for the management and suppression of wildfires.<ref name="USFSMODIS">[http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/faq.php "MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program FAQs."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702044225/http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/faq.php |date=2 July 2013 }} ''United States Forest Service.'' Retrieved: 30 September 2014.</ref>
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