Title :
Preliminary land surface products from the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Author :
Justice, Chris ; Townshend, John ; Vermote, Eric ; Sohlberg, Rob ; Descloitres, Jacques ; Roy, David ; Hall, Dorothy ; Salomonson, Vince ; Riggs, George ; Huerte, A. ; Didan, Kamel ; Miura, Tomoaki ; Wan, Zhengming ; Strahler, Alan ; Schaaf, Crystal ; Myn
Author_Institution :
Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
Early results are described for some of the land products from MODIS generated in test and evaluation mode prior to operational product release. These products give a first glimpse of the potential of the MODIS instrument for land surface studies. Outline descriptions are provided for the following products: surface reflectance, land surface temperature, vegetation indices, LAI/FPAR, snow and BRDF/albedo. Quality assurance of products conducted by members of the MODIS land team are described. These initial MODIS products show an enhanced capability for moderate-resolution imaging over previously available operational systems
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; remote sensing; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; BRDF; IR; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; albedo; geophysical measurement technique; infrared; land products; land surface; multispectral remote sensing; optical imaging; satellite remote sensing; snow; surface reflectance; terrain mapping; vegetation; visible; Instruments; Land surface; Land surface temperature; MODIS; NASA; Quality assurance; Reflectivity; Snow; Testing; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858054
