Status
Status
Undergoing Maintenance
(Full functionality expected Sept 2024)
The MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) is a multispectral scanner configured to approximate the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS), an instrument to be orbited on the NASA EOS-AM1 platform. MODIS is designed to measure terrestrial and atmospheric processes. The MAS was a joint project of Daedalus Enterprises, Berkeley Camera Engineering, and Ames Research Center. The MODIS Airborne Simulator records fifty spectral bands.
Instrument Type
Measurements
Aircraft
Recent Missions
Point(s) of Contact
(Co-I),
(Prev PI),
(PI),
(POC; PI),
(Co-I),
(Mgr)
Measurement Details
Range of Measurement
Ground
Instrument Pointing
Nadir (directly downwards)Cross-track scanning
Measurement Sampling Rate
6.25 Hz
Swath Width
36.00 m (at 20 km)
Horizontal Resolution
50.00 m (at 20 km)
Measurement Wavelengths
