Continuity between NASA MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Collection 2 land products

Miguel O. Román, Chris Justice, Ian Paynter, Peter B. Boucher, Sadashiva Devadiga, Arthur Endsley, Angela Erb, Mark Friedl, Huilin Gao, Louis Giglio, Josh M. Gray, Dorothy Hall, Glynn Hulley, John Kimball, Yuri Knyazikhin, Alexei Lyapustin, Ranga B. Myneni, Praveen Noojipady, Jiabin Pu, George RiggsSudipta Sarkar, Crystal Schaaf, Deep Shah, Khuong H. Tran, Eric Vermote, Dongdong Wang, Zhuosen Wang, Aisheng Wu, Yongchang Ye, Yu Shen, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Maosheng Zhao, Carol Davidson, Robert Wolfe

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Abstract

This paper provides a review and summary status of the research underway by the NASA Terra Aqua Suomi-NPP Land Discipline Team to provide continuity of global land data products from the NASA Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The two MODIS instruments on the NASA Earth Observing System Terra (morning overpass) and Aqua (afternoon overpass) platforms have provided more than twenty years of data. The peer-reviewed land products generated from MODIS are now being transitioned to production using VIIRS inputs, with the intention of providing dynamic continuity for the Aqua observations. As part of that process, the products from the two instruments are undergoing intercomparison and evaluation. These results are provided where available and show promising levels of agreement and accuracy in all cases. The paper also offers options for establishing continuity of Terra MODIS data products.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113963
JournalRemote Sensing of Environment
Volume302
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2024

Keywords

  • Continuity
  • MODIS
  • NASA
  • Satellite
  • VIIRS

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