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Introduction to MODIS and an Overview of Associated Activities

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Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing

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This chapter provides an overview of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro- radiometer (MODIS) and associated activities devoted to and resulting in products developed and validated that can be used by the scientific and applications communities. The intent and purpose of this chapter is to enable the reader to understand and appreciate the power of the MODIS instrument and the associated systems and organizational approach that have led to the very considerable impact the observations that are progressively leading to a wide variety of improvements in science associated with land, ocean and atmosphere processes and trends as well as a wide variety of resource and environmental applications. This overview will begin by providing the background (Section 2.2) and history (Section 2.3) for the conception and development of the MODIS instrument followed by a technical description of the instrument (Section 2.4). Then a description of the role and the responsibilities of the MODIS Science Team (MST) and supporting elements will be provided in Section 2.5 so as to enable the reader to understand the roles and responsibilities of the MST and how they relate not only to the development of the instrument, but also to the scope involved in the development of the MODIS algorithms, code, and products that feed into the operational processings systems of the Earth Observing System (EOS) Data and Information System (EOSDIS).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Eearth-Sun Division, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, Code 600

    Dr. Vincent V. Salomonson

  2. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Dr. Vincent V. Salomonson

  3. University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, 21250, USA

    William Barnes

  4. NASA/GSFC, USA

    William Barnes

  5. Earth-Sun Division, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Edward J. Masuoka

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, USA

    John J. Qu (Technical Director of EastFIRE Lab) (Technical Director of EastFIRE Lab)

  2. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, USA

    Wei Gao (Group Leader/Research Scientist) (Group Leader/Research Scientist)

  3. Center for Earth Observing and Space Research, George Mason University, USA

    Menas Kafatos (Director and Dean) (Director and Dean)

  4. School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, USA

    Menas Kafatos (Director and Dean) (Director and Dean)

  5. Code 920, NASA GSFC, NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP), NOAA, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Robert E. Murphy (Project Scientist) (Project Scientist)

  6. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Vincent V. Salomonson (MODIS Science Team Leader) (MODIS Science Team Leader)

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Salomonson, V.V., Barnes, W., Masuoka, E.J. (2006). Introduction to MODIS and an Overview of Associated Activities. In: Qu, J.J., Gao, W., Kafatos, M., Murphy, R.E., Salomonson, V.V. (eds) Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37293-6_2

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