MODIS Terra and Aqua Australasian L0 (Raw Data)

Updated: 2019-05-17

These are the rawest level instrument data from the MODIS satellite sensor (http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov). They are pre-calibration, so are unique and should never change. As processing algorithms and instrument calibration evolve, they can be applied repeatedly to these data to produce useful physical products. This avoids repeated download of the product data from the US. The MODIS instruments are the foremost moderate resolution environmental imagers of the past decade. The area encompassed is the whole of the Australian terrestrial region and the surrounding oceans. They are intended to be a national research resource. These data are of little direct value other than as pre-cursors to the higher level MODIS products. They underpin many applications. MODIS Terra data begins in 2000, Aqua in 2002. In late 2014, both are still operating. The data continue and extend the time series of continental scale moderate resolution remote sensing time series started by NOAA/AVHRR. As raw data, these are unlikely to be cited directly. IMOS and TERN will generate higher level products from these data that will be more useful in applications more likely to attract citations. List of datasets on the global filesystem /g/data: pds-5min.recent is last several years of MODIS L0 (PDS) pds-5min.nrt is last two weeks of MODIS L0 (PDS) files Historical archive of MODIS L0 (PDS) on the tape storage: mdss -P u39 modis/pds/