• Question: What does MODIS mean

    Asked by Achsu to Silvia on 8 Nov 2016.
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      Silvia Pardo answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      MODIS is one of the sensors I use in my work and it stands for MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. What a mouthful, right? It means that it is:
      MODerate-resolution = It can only see things bigger than 300 metres!
      Imaging = It’s like a camera, it’s purpose is to create images!
      Spectroradiometer = it is a camera that also records how much of each colours is on the image.

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