@article{4c28e000c2a441f08258770804bd9786,
title = "An overview of MODIS Land data processing and product status",
abstract = "Data from the first Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the NASA Terra Platform are being used to provide a new generation of land data products in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Earth Science Enterprise, global change research and natural resource management. The MODIS products include global data sets heretofore unavailable, derived from new moderate resolution spectral bands with spatial resolutions of 250 m to 1 km. A partnership between Science Team members and the MODIS Science Data Support Team is producing data sets of unprecedented volume and number for the land research and applications. This overview paper provides a summary of the instrument performance and status, the data production system, the products, their status and availability for land studies.",
author = "Justice, {C. O.} and Townshend, {J. R.G.} and Vermote, {E. F.} and E. Masuoka and Wolfe, {R. E.} and N. Saleous and Roy, {D. P.} and Morisette, {J. T.}",
note = "Funding Information: Since the Terra launch in December 1999, the MODIS Science Team has made significant progress in characterizing the performance of the first MODIS instrument, providing the MODIS instrument data (Level 1B), generating and assessing the quality of higher order geophysical products (Levels 2, 3 and 4), initiating product validation and preparing for the launch of the second MODIS instrument on the EOS Aqua platform. The Team scientists responsible for the delivery of code and the creation of MODland products, has generated a new suite of moderate-resolution land products in support of global change research and natural resource applications (Table 1) . These products support directly NASA's Earth Science Enterprise's systematic measurement program (NASA, 1999) . The overall goal of the Earth Science Enterprise is to determine how the Earth is changing and what are the consequences for life on Earth. The land products from MODIS lay the foundations for long-term land surface monitoring. This has been accomplished primarily through the generation of products that are prototypes for those from the next generation of operational sensing systems, supported by the US National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). Research on the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) has provided much of the methodological underpinning and experience-base for MODland product development. However, reliance on the AVHRR and its associated spectral and geometric constraints has limited the ability of the land research community to develop the range of products needed for global change research (Cihlar, 1997) . The MODland products will enable the global change research community to address a much broader range of questions associated with biogeochemical cycling, energy balance, land cover change and ecosystems ( Table 3 , WWW1). The MODland products will also be used for regional and global applications. ",
year = "2002",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00084-6",
language = "English",
volume = "83",
pages = "3--15",
journal = "Remote Sensing of Environment",
issn = "0034-4257",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "1-2",
}