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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)"”.

  1. MODBASE : a SciDB-powered system for large-scale distributed storage and analysis of MODIS earth remote sensing data

    Planthaber, Gary Lee, JrMassachusetts Institute of Technology2012

    … volumes of Level-1B data produced by the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument. This paper details the reasons for building the MODBASE system, its design and implementation, and puts it to the test on a series of practical Earth Science benchmarks using standard …

    mit Repository record

  2. Trophic State Monitoring Of Lakes And Reservoirs Using Remote Sensing

    Aten, Michelle2019

    … and total phosphorus (TP) in situ data and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) spectral reflectance data. This was accomplished by deriving Carlson Trophic State Index values for each in situ measurements and using these TSI(SD), TSI(CHL), and TSI(TP) values to evaluate …

    mississippi Repository record

  3. Assessing Satellite Image Data Fusion with Information Theory Metrics

    Cross, James2016

    … an image with high spatial and high spectral resolution given separate sources of measurements from satellite instruments, one having each of these desirable properties. This thesis presents a survey of seven families of algorithms which have been developed to provide this common pattern of …

    cuny Repository record

  4. Abundance and Distribution of Early Life Stage Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) in Lake Pontchartrain

    Lyncker, Lissa

    … means of transportation throughout the estuary. MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 250 m data were analyzed to gain a large-scale view of suspended sediments patterns within Lake Pontchartrain and quantify water movement. Field sampling along with remote sensing proved to be …

    uno Repository record

  5. MONITORING OF NORTH AMERICAN SNOW COVER AND ENSO EFFECTS

    Pathan, A.B.M Borhan Uddin

    … and Space Administration) Earth Observing System Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)/Terra satellite provided every eight-day (MOD10C2) and monthly (MOD10CM) Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) products were used in this study. These both products were analyzed using MATLAB HDF import …

    cuny Repository record

  6. Eastern Deciduous Forest Phenology and Vegetative Vigor Trends From 2000 to 2013, Mammoth Cave National Park, KY

    Hutchison, Sean Taylor

    … Vegetation Index (NDVI) calculated from MODerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument data, the photosynthetic activity of vegetation at Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA) is tracked from 2000 to 2013. Three methods were employed to examine the changes and climate …

    wku-diss Repository record

  7. Investigating Elevated Aqua Modis Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals Over The Mid-Latitude Southern Oceans

    Toth, Travis

    … passive satellite-based aerosol datasets such as Moderate Resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MODIS) and Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) products. In this study, Aqua MODIS (AM) aerosol products in this zonal region are investigated in detail to assess retrieval accuracy. This is …

    nodak Repository record

  8. Wildfire Risk Assessment Using Convolutional Neural Networks and Modis Climate Data

    Nesbit, Sean F2022

    … using climate and wildfire data from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The dataset consists of 32 climate and topographical layers captured across 0.1 deg by 0.1 deg tiled regions in California and Nevada between 2015 and 2020, associated with whether the region …

    calpoly Repository record

  9. Determining The Effectiveness Of Satellite Remote Sensing Products To Quantify Aerosol Pollution In The Semi-Arid Western U.S.

    Loria-Salazar, Sandra M.2018

    … estimates are relevant to improve the spatial resolution of air pollution concentration estimates due to the sparse number of PM2.5 monitoring stations. PM2.5 concentrations have been successfully estimated from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments onboard Terra and …

    unr Repository record

  10. Development and Application of a MODIS Snowmelt Model for Northwestern Montana

    Bleha, Jessica A.

    … Geosciences Development and Application of a MODIS Driven Snowmelt Model in Northwestern Montana Chairperson: Joel T. Harper In the mountain west the timing of the spring snowmelt pulse has considerable impact on water resources and ecological processes such as fire. A forward shift of this …

    montana-tech Repository record

  11. Development and Application of a MODIS Snowmelt Model for Northwestern Montana

    Bleha, Jessica A.

    … Geosciences Development and Application of a MODIS Driven Snowmelt Model in Northwestern Montana Chairperson: Joel T. Harper In the mountain west the timing of the spring snowmelt pulse has considerable impact on water resources and ecological processes such as fire. A forward shift of this …

    montana Repository record

  12. Characteristics of Yellow Sea Fog Under Varying Aerosol Conditions

    Liang, Jiakun2021

    … satellite remote sensing instruments including Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard on the Aqua satellite, Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard on the EOS-Aura satellite, and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite …

    hawaii Repository record

  13. Coastal meltwater plume detection and its response to melting variations around the Greenland Ice Sheet

    Guo, WenkaiUniversity of Cambridge2015

    … exhaustion in sediment supply. Also, the spatial resolution of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) imagery used in these studies limits the accuracy of sediment plume retrieval, especially in areas of pervasive iceberg and sea ice cover. For non-glacial environments, there have …

    cambridge Repository record

  14. Integration of Satellite Remote Sensing and Ground-based Measurement for Modelling the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Fine Particulate Matter at a Regional Scale

    Tian, Jie2009

    … Aerosol optical depth (AOD) data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is analyzed to estimate fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations as the target air pollutant. The spatial-temporal distribution of columnar aerosol loading is investigated through mapping …

    queens Repository record

  15. Assessing the accuracy of the MODIS LAI 1-km product in southeastern United States loblolly pine plantations: Accounting for measurement variance from ground to satellite

    Iiames, John Shepherd, Jr.

    … scale from spectral data processed from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor aboard two NASA EOS-AM spacecraft, Terra (launched in 1999) and Aqua (launched in 2002). The MOD15A2 LAI product is a 1 km global data product composited over an 8-day period and is …

    unh-thes Repository record

  16. Evaluating The Impact Of Above-Cloud Aerosols On Cloud Optical Depth Retrievals From Modis

    Alfaro, Ricardo

    <p>Using two different operational Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud optical depth (COD) retrievals (visible and shortwave infrared), the impacts of above-cloud absorbing aerosols on the standard COD retrievals are evaluated. For fine-mode aerosol particles, aerosol …

    nodak Repository record

  17. Using MODIS Satellite Images to Confirm Distributed Snowmelt Model Results in a Small Arctic Watershed

    Choy, David F.2009

    … of models with increasingly small spatiotemporal resolution. While U.S. government agencies readily provide both measurement products and data tools for the study of global change occurring over entire seasons and across continental areas, analysts need access to the low-level data that provides …

    maryland Repository record

  18. Estimativa da evapotranspiração e do balanço hídrico a partir de imagens de satélite de duas sub-bacias do Paracatu

    Lima, Evaldo de PaivaUniversidade Federal de Viçosa2010

    … com produtos obtidos por meio do sensor Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), a bordo do satélite Terra, para estimar os componentes do balanço de energia, a evapotranspiração e os componentes do balanço hídrico nas condições climáticas das sub-bacias do ribeirão Entre …

    brazil-ufv Repository record

  19. A numerical study of surface air temperature response to vertical mixing and momentum extraction by wind farms and the impacts of wind farms on mesoscale boundaries

    Cervarich, MatthewUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    … regarding these impacts. In this thesis, a high resolution numerical model is employed to explore the response of land surface and near surface air temperatures within and in the immediate vicinity of large wind farms in west central Texas to changes in the turbines’ thrust and TKE coefficients …

    uiuc Repository record

  20. Identification and monitoring of oil pipeline spill fire using space applications

    Gbenga, Ogungbuyi MichaelDepartment of Electrical Engineering2018

    … included the use of data gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, which recorded 85 129 active fire hotspots in the Niger Delta from 2007 to 2015. Since the oil spill reports serve as validation data for these oil spill …

    cape-town Repository record

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