Early instrument performance results from the Terra/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Author

Salomonso, V.V. ; Guenther, B. ; Barnes, W.L. ; Therrien, N.J. ; Murphy, R.E.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

943

Abstract

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a comprehensive multispectral imager covering the range between 0.4 μm and 14.4 μm, obtaining near global coverage using a 2300 km swath on a daily basis in 36 spectral bands at nadir spatial resolutions between 250 m and 1,000 m. MODIS was launched on the Earth Observing System (EOS) AM-1 "Terra" mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base on December 18, 1999. Scene data from MODIS became available to the MODIS Science Team on February 24, 2000. The purpose of this paper is to provide some quantitative estimates of on-orbit performance based on information available from the Terra MODIS as of March 2000

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; 0.4 to 14.4 mum; AD 2000; EOS; Earth Observing System; IR; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; Terra; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; infrared; instrument performance; land surface; meteorology; multispectral imager; ocean; optical imaging; satellite remote sensing; sea surface; terrain mapping; visible; Clouds; Earth Observing System; Instruments; MODIS; Ocean temperature; Radiometry; Sea measurements; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Signal to noise ratio; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.857984

Filename

857984