The Collection 6 (C6) MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) land and atmosphere data sets are scheduled for release in 2014. C6 contains significant revisions of the calibration approach to account for sensor aging. This analysis documents the presence of systematic temporal trends in the visible and near-infrared (500 m) bands of the Collection 5 (C5) MODIS Terra and, to lesser...

Two spatially-explicit estimates of gross primary production (GPP) are available for the Northern Great Plains. An empirical piecewise regression (PWR) GPP model was developed from flux tower measurements to map carbon flux across the region. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) GPP model is a process-based model that uses flux tower data to calibrate its parameters. Verificatio...

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) has a potential for more detailed daily monitoring of land covers and their change than ever because two bands, red and near-infrared bands, have 250m spatial resolutions. On the other hand, the use of MODIS data requires attention to Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) effect, which is one of the most important factors to...

Snow cover plays a crucial role in surface hydrology and energy balance, especially in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). This study used 12 years (2000–2011) of ground-observed snow depth at 87 meteorological stations to assess and verify the accuracy of the daily cloud-free snow-cover product from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) over the QTP. On average, the daily cl...

Globally acquired data from both MODIS instruments are suitable for science quality time series, because the unique concept of pixel-level quality information of each MODIS land product allows a detailed analysis of the data usability. MODIS datasets are regularly updated and reprocessed to meet present science requirements. This study compares time series of present collection 4 and currently ...

An understanding of the surface albedo of high latitudes is crucial for climate change studies. MODIS albedo retrievals flagged as high quality compare well with in situ Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) measurements but cover too small an area to fully characterize Greenland's albedo in non-summer months. In contrast, poor quality MODIS retrievals provide adequate spatio-temporal coverage, bu...

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) provides total precipitable water (TPW) data over land and ocean using near-infrared reflectance at a resolution of 1km, which gives it the potential to significantly improve weather forecasts. This study determined the accuracy and biases associated with MODIS TPW data and investigated the impact of its assimilation into the Weather Research...

Comparing with the chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration measurement in ocean, the measurement of the inland water body based on MODIS image data is far from mature. The inland lake meets a series of more harsh pollution problems yet lack of any efficient methods in fast measurement and prediction. Therefore, the measurement and prediction upon the in-land water body pollution and eutrophication ...

* Research supported by NASA Contract NAS5-00213. Abstract Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data are collected from the Terra satellite at a rate of 11 megabits/second. These data are to be transmitted to earth, stored, and analyzed by various algorithms. One solution to reducing the bandwidth and storage need for these data is to apply wavelet-based compression, which is k...