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MODIS Rapid Response System
 Entry ID: MODIS-RRS

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Summary
Abstract: The MODIS Rapid Response system has been developed to provide rapid access to
MODIS data globally, with initial emphasis on 250m color composite imagery and
active fire data. Imagery and data are now being provided to a number of users
such as the USFS Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), the National
Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the U.N. Global Fire Monitoring ... View entire text
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Description: The Web Fire Mapper is an internet based mapping tool that delivers locations of active fires in near real time. For selected regions and countries you can view an interactive map showing active fires for a specified time period, combined with your choice of GIS layers and satellite imagery.
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Service Citation
Title: MODIS Rapid Response System
Provider: GSFC NASA
Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING Parameter Definition
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >SUBSETTING/SUPERSETTING Parameter Definition
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Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST FIRE SCIENCE Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE >AEROSOLS >DUST/ASH/SMOKE Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
FARMING
BIOTA
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Platform
TERRA >Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) Ancillary Description
AQUA >Earth Observing System, AQUA Ancillary Description
Instrument
MODIS >Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Ancillary Description
Project
GLAM >Global Agricultural Monitoring Supplemental Info
Service Provider
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/TIS/MODIS-RRS > MODIS Rapid Response System, Terrestrial Information Systems, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Science Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/nrt-data/rapid-response

Service Provider Personnel
Name: TIMOTHY L. GUBBELS
Phone: 301--867-6260
Email: timothy_gubbels at ssaihq.com
Contact Address:
MODIS Rapid Response System
Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 614.5
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media: Electronic
Fees: none
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Comiso, J. C., C. L. Parkinson, R. Gersten, and L. Stock (2008), Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover., 35, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:doi:10.1029/2007GL031972
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2005-07-13
SERF Last Revision Date: 2012-04-23
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