Month: March 2012

The MODIS Science Team meeting was held on May 7-9, 2012 and at the Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The mild winter of 2012 has many people asking, “Where’s the snow?” These two snow cover maps show the difference between snow extent on March 3, 2011, and March 5, 2012. The maps were compiled from data collected by the MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite. Read more.

The MODIS Characterization and Support Team (MCST) has released its latest Terra Spacecraft and MODIS Instrument Status Report. Read more.

The Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS) project at the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) has integrated five global land products at 5.6km (0.05 Degree) resolution from into the NASA Giovanni system in support of the NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change program. Read more.