MODIS: advanced facility instrument for studies of the Earth as a system

Author

Salomonson, Vincent V. ; Barnes, W.L. ; Maymon, Peter W. ; Montgomery, Harry E. ; Ostrow, Harvey

Author_Institution

Lab. for Terrestrial Phys., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

27

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

145

Lastpage

153

Abstract

The moderate resolution imaging spectrometer (MODIS) is discussed as an Earth-viewing sensor that is planned as a facility instrument for the Earth Observing System (Eos) scheduled to begin functioning in the mid-1990s. The MODIS is composed of two mutually supporting sensors that cover a swath width sufficient to provide nearly complete two-day global coverage from a polar-orbiting, sun-synchronous, serviceable platform. High signal-to-noise ratios are to be provided, e.g. 500 to 1 or greater with 10-12-bit quantization over the dynamic ranges of the spectral bands. MODIS´ lifetime is expected to be about ten years. One of the MODIS sensors is termed MODIS-N, where N signifies nadir-viewing. The companion to MODIS-N is MODIS-T, where T signifies a tiltable field-of-view. The development of the MODIS facility from conceptual design studies (Phase-A) into detailed design studies (Phase-B) is discussed

Keywords

geophysical equipment; remote sensing; spectrometers; 400 to 14235 nm; Earth Observing System; Earth-viewing sensor; Eos; IR; MODIS; MODIS-N; MODIS-T; geophysical equipment; global coverage; lifetime; moderate resolution imaging spectrometer; nadir-viewing; remote sensing; tiltable field-of-view; visible; Dynamic range; Earth Observing System; Image resolution; Image sensors; Instruments; MODIS; Quantization; Sensor systems; Signal to noise ratio; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.20292

Filename

20292