{"id":3629,"date":"2026-02-19T12:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=3629"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:12:09","slug":"modis","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/glossary\/modis\/","title":{"rendered":"MODIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate-<a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: resolution\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;resolution&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Level of detail an image holds. It is typically measured by the size of pixels (area on the Earth surface covered by one pixel) in the image, often expressed as width &#xD7; height, and indicates how much detail can be captured or displayed. 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Sensors aboard satellites obtain information about features and objects on Earth by detecting radiation reflected or emitted in different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/glossary\/sensor\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Sensor<\/a> flying aboard Terra and viewing the entire surface of the Earth every 1-2 days, making observations in 36 spectral bands, at moderate resolution (0.25 &#x2013; 1 km), of land and ocean surface temperature, primary productivity, land surface cover, clouds, aerosols, water vapor, temperature profiles, and fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. 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