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Dust plumes blew off the west coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean in late September 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on September 23, 2011. Image Courtesy: MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.Dust plumes blew off the west coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean in late September 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on September 23, 2011. Image Courtesy: MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

MODAPS LAADS, located within GSFC, provides access to MODIS Level 1 data (geolocation, L1A, and radiance L1B) and Atmosphere (Level 2 and 3) data products. MODAPS supports MODIS data from both the Terra and Aqua platforms. Products may be subset by parameter, area, or band, and may be mosaicked, reprojected, or masked. Users may also visually browse MODIS level 1 and atmosphere data products.

Data Access

MODAPS provides access to its data holdings through its Level 1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS). The url for ladsweb is given below. Data searches may be conducted using product name, temporal window, collection, and spatial coordinates, or may be found and downloaded using the Level 2 and Level 3 browsers. A variety of subsetting and reprojection options are available to the user. Data may also be downloaded directly from the data pool using FTP.

Specialty

  • Radiance
  • Atmosphere

 

Contact Information

MODAPS User Support
Phone: +1 301-731-2917
Toll Free Phone (U.S. Only): +1 866-506-6347
Email: modapsuso@sigmaspace.com
URL: http://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov

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