Title :
Standard data products from the MODIS Science Team
Author :
Fishtahler, Laurence E.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Corp., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument will view the Earth in 36 spectral bands ranging from 0.4 to 1.4 micrometers with spatial resolution from 250 to 1,000 meters. Its first flight will be onboard the EOS-AMI spacecraft scheduled for launch in mid´98 into a near-polar 10:30 AM descending Sun-synchronous orbit. The science instrument data will be brought to Goddard Space Flight Center for conversion from raw counts to TOA radiances supplemented with geolocation, view angle, and Sun angle information. The MODIS Science Team consists of more than thirty members, divided into four discipline groups: Atmosphere, Land, Ocean, and Calibration. The MODIS Science Team is developing algorithms to routinely produce various standard data products. This paper identifies information resources associated with the MODIS standard data products
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; 0.4 to 1.4 mum; IR imaging; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; algorithm; atmosphere; data handling; geophysical measurement technique; infrared; land surface; meteorology; multispectral remote sensing; ocean; optical imaging; remote sensing; signal processing; standard data product; terrain mapping; visible; Atmosphere; Calibration; Earth; Instruments; MODIS; Oceans; Space vehicles; Spatial resolution; Standards development; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3836-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.606412
