On June 30, 2011 the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite made multiple passes over the Arctic, capturing a true-color image of the summer lands and ...

The clouds parted over the west coast of southern South American in early April, 2011 allowing an unobstructed view of the Andes Mountains. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) ...

Three images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite were combined to create this image of the storm system. The images were captured on Jan. 31 at ...

ABSTRACT In Part I of this paper, the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are analyzed for volcanic ash signals using principal component image analysis. Target ...

On Sept. 28 at 18:20 UTC 2:20 p.m. EDT the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Tropical Storm Nicole over Cuba before it weakened back into a tropical depression.

For the first time since 2000, Copahue is erupting, sending an ash plume across southern South America. So far, the eruption is following the same patterns as the activity that ran from July to ...

Location of Landsat test scenes and field validation area within the Brazilian Amazon. Percent tree cover values from the 2001 Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) product show the extent of forest ...