NASA NTRS · 19910052013
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS)
Abstract
MODIS is intended to provide daily global surveys for the oceans, the atmosphere, and land. To achieve this capability, this instrument requires at least a 1700 km swath width and provides geometric-instantaneous-fields-of-view that are either 214 m, 428 m, or 856 m in size with reference to a 705 km satellite altitude. The range of products to be supported by MODIS includes ocean chlorophyll concentration, ocean primary productivity, dissolved organic matter in the oceans, global SST, total suspended solids, land cover type, land surface temperatures, vegetation indices, and volcanic and fire events. Details of the MODIS-N and MODIS-T instrument concepts are discussed.
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Thompson, Leslie L.. 1990-01-01. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910052013
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