MODIS images: Daily satellite views for informed land analysis

Get MODIS daily, low-resolution (250m), global-coverage satellite imagery on the EOSDA LandViewer platform to monitor environmental and climate dynamics:

Spatial resolution

250 m to 1 km
Scene size

2,330 × 2,330 km
Revisit time

Daily
Data archives

Global (since 2000)
Spectral bands

36 bands from visible to thermal infrared
Analytical tools

Vegetation and thermal indices

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How to get MODIS satellite imagery on EOSDA LandViewer

Specify your area of interest

Set the area of interest (AOI) you'd like to monitor. You can search for it by location and draw manually on the map or simply upload the boundary file.

Narrow down search results with filters

Easily find scenes that match your criteria by applying relevant filters: date, cloudiness, type of sensor, or area coverage.

Pick the scene for your needs

Browse through the filtered scenes and pick the most suitable one based on your specific project needs.

Download the scene or analyze it online

You can download selected MODIS satellite data in GeoTIFF, KMZ, or JPEG formats and continue working with it in tools such as QGIS or ArcGIS. Alternatively, analyze the scene directly on EOSDA LandViewer using indices, band combinations, and advanced features like time series, change detection, or clustering.

AOI selection in the MODIS imagery viewer

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Get useful insights from MODIS satellite images with EOSDA LandViewer

Indices and Band Combinations

EOSDA LandViewer helps you save time when processing MODIS data. Instead of setting up complex tools, you get direct access to over 20 ready-made vegetation indices and band combinations — all optimized for monitoring different types of environmental changes. If you need something specific, you can set up and apply your own, custom indices.

analyze MODIS images with different band combinations

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How to use MODIS data for real-world land and vegetation analysis

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Extensive bushfires caused significant vegetation loss and land degradation, observable via burn indices.

The outbreak of devastating Australian bushfires in early December 2019 seen using MODIS data.

Assessing Australian bushfires

East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
Vegetation analysis band combination
Dec 3, 2019 – Feb 21, 2020

Increased deforestation activities led to noticeable changes in vegetation cover, detectable through vegetation indices.

Thicker forest cover before active deforestation begins observable by MODIS data analyst.

Analyzing deforestation in the Amazon

Canutama, Amazonas, Brazil
NDVI index
Jul 30, 2020 – Sep 15, 2021

The Western US experienced one of the most severe droughts on the record, leading to significant vegetation stress and water shortages.

Extremely dry summer of 2020 for much of Arizona severely affected vegetation, as MODIS satellite data indicates.

Drought monitoring in the Southwestern US

Area between Tucson and El Paso, Arizona, USA
NDWI index
Jul 31, 2020 – Aug 06, 2021

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Industries with the most to gain

Agriculture

MODIS data allows agriculture professionals to monitor crop chlorophyll, soil moisture, land use, and climate impact across large areas.

Long-term crop health monitoring.
Drought assessment and mitigation planning.
Seasonal phenology tracking.
Analysis of agro-climatic zones.
Monitoring large-scale land productivity trends.

Disaster Management

Relief agencies and emergency planners rely on MODIS Earth views to assess the scale of natural disasters and plan better response strategies.

Mapping burned areas after wildfires.
Flood extent tracking.
Heatwave effects observation.
Detection of airborne pollutant spread during volcanic activity.
Coastal erosion monitoring.

Environmental and climate change

Researchers and environmental agencies use raw and composite MODIS images for climate trends analysis, deforestation detection, and air quality tracking.

Climate anomaly detection.
Deforestation and forest health assessment.
Smoke, haze, and aerosol monitoring.
Water availability, precipitation, and drought risk analysis.
Global vegetation dynamics tracking.

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