Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
E402087
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a key Earth-observing sensor aboard NASA satellites that collects multispectral data for monitoring global dynamics such as land cover, oceans, and the atmosphere.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MODIS | 6 |
| Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer canonical | 5 |
| MOD35 cloud mask | 1 |
| MOD43 BRDF and albedo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3937793 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Context triple: [Aqua, instrumentFullName, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer]
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A.
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a key Earth-observing sensor that collects high-resolution visible and infrared imagery for weather, climate, ocean, and environmental monitoring from polar-orbiting satellites.
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B.
Operational Land Imager
The Operational Land Imager is a multispectral imaging sensor on Landsat 8 designed to capture high-resolution, calibrated images of Earth’s land surfaces for environmental monitoring and land-use analysis.
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C.
GPM Microwave Imager
GPM Microwave Imager is a spaceborne radiometer on NASA and JAXA’s Global Precipitation Measurement core satellite that measures microwave emissions from Earth’s atmosphere to retrieve global rainfall and snowfall.
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D.
HySI (Hyper Spectral Imager)
HySI (Hyper Spectral Imager) is a spaceborne imaging spectrometer designed to capture high-resolution hyperspectral data of the lunar surface for mineralogical and compositional analysis.
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E.
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder is a high-resolution spectrometer aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite that measures Earth’s atmospheric temperature, humidity, and trace gases for weather forecasting and climate research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Target entity description: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a key Earth-observing sensor aboard NASA satellites that collects multispectral data for monitoring global dynamics such as land cover, oceans, and the atmosphere.
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A.
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a key Earth-observing sensor that collects high-resolution visible and infrared imagery for weather, climate, ocean, and environmental monitoring from polar-orbiting satellites.
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B.
Operational Land Imager
The Operational Land Imager is a multispectral imaging sensor on Landsat 8 designed to capture high-resolution, calibrated images of Earth’s land surfaces for environmental monitoring and land-use analysis.
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C.
GPM Microwave Imager
GPM Microwave Imager is a spaceborne radiometer on NASA and JAXA’s Global Precipitation Measurement core satellite that measures microwave emissions from Earth’s atmosphere to retrieve global rainfall and snowfall.
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D.
HySI (Hyper Spectral Imager)
HySI (Hyper Spectral Imager) is a spaceborne imaging spectrometer designed to capture high-resolution hyperspectral data of the lunar surface for mineralogical and compositional analysis.
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E.
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder is a high-resolution spectrometer aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite that measures Earth’s atmospheric temperature, humidity, and trace gases for weather forecasting and climate research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation instrument
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radiometer ⓘ spaceborne imaging spectroradiometer ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MODIS ⓘ |
| application |
aerosol optical depth retrieval
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carbon cycle studies ⓘ climate change research ⓘ cloud property retrieval ⓘ fire detection ⓘ land cover classification ⓘ ocean color monitoring ⓘ sea surface temperature retrieval ⓘ snow and ice monitoring ⓘ surface albedo estimation ⓘ vegetation monitoring ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataArchive |
NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
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linked to:
NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers
NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
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| dataProduct |
MOD09 surface reflectance
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MOD11 land surface temperature ⓘ MOD13 vegetation indices ⓘ MOD14 active fire ⓘ MOD15 leaf area index ⓘ MOD17 gross primary productivity ⓘ MOD35 cloud mask ⓘ MOD43 BRDF and albedo ⓘ MODIS ocean color products ⓘ
linked to:
Ocean Colour Monitor
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| dataType | multispectral data ⓘ |
| designedBy |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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linked to:
Goddard Space Flight Center
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| launchDateOnAqua | 2002-05-04 ⓘ |
| launchDateOnTerra | 1999-12-18 ⓘ |
| mission | NASA Earth Observing System ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitType | sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ |
| platform |
Aqua
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Terra ⓘ |
| purpose |
Earth observation
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atmospheric monitoring ⓘ land surface monitoring ⓘ monitoring global dynamics ⓘ ocean monitoring ⓘ |
| revisitTime | daily global coverage ⓘ |
| spatialResolution |
1000 metres
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250 metres ⓘ 500 metres ⓘ |
| spectralBands | 36 ⓘ |
| spectralRange | 0.4 to 14.4 micrometres ⓘ |
| successor | Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite ⓘ |
| swathWidth | 2330 kilometres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Description of subject: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a key Earth-observing sensor aboard NASA satellites that collects multispectral data for monitoring global dynamics such as land cover, oceans, and the atmosphere.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Aqua satellite
subject linked to:
Terra satellite
linked to: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
subject linked to:
Terra satellite
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