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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is one of the key instruments for the NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). It was developed based on the desire of the science community for frequent global observations of the Earth’s land, oceans, and atmosphere at a moderated spatial resolution with carefully selected spectral bands at wavelengths ranging from the visible (VIS) through the long-wave infrared (LWIR). The MODIS is a major advance over its heritage sensors in terms of its spectral, spatial, and temporal resolutions and its broad range of science applications. A detailed description of the MODIS development history, science data products, and data processing is provided in Volume I Chapter 2 “Introduction to MODIS and an Overview of Associated Activities”, and Table 2.1 (MODIS design parameters) provides an overview of key MODIS design parameters. Two nearly identical copies of the MODIS instrument, the Protoflight Model (PFM) and the Flight Model 1 (FM1), were built by the instrument contractor—Raytheon/Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS) previously known as Hughes/Santa Barbara Research Center (SBRC). The MODIS PFM was launched in December 1999 on-board the EOS Terra (EOS-AM) spacecraft and the FM1 in May 2002 on-board the EOS Aqua (EOS-PM) spacecraft.
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Xiong, X., Barnes, W. (2006). MODIS Calibration and Characterization. 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/10.1007/978-3-540-37294-3_5
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