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MAS
MODIS Airborne Simulator

The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) is an airborne multispectral spectrometer designed to simulate the satellite instrument Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS). MAS operates across 50 spectral channels in the 0.55 to 14.2 μm range to provide high resolution imagery of clouds and surface features. At nadir, MAS has a horizontal spatial resolution of 50 m and swath width of about 36 km at altitude of 20 km. It has a scan rate of 6.25 Hz with each scan line containing 716 pixels.

Image of the MODIS Airborne Simulator
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Imagery
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Visible Wavelengths > Visible Radiance
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Infrared Radiance
Lower Stratosphere, Troposphere
6.25 Hz
50 m
21-545 THz
External Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1117/12.258115
TOST

The Observing system Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) Observing System Test

2003
Pacific Ocean, California, Hawaii (PTOST) Atlantic Ocean, Eastern United States, Canada (ATOST)
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2 Deployments
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External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/832
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/561
External Link10.3334/ORNLDAAC/560
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0100
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/CLAMS/0003
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/CAMEX4/0001
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0004