MODIS sensing

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Visualizations
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Movie icon Aqua MODIS instrument sensing (640x360)
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The Aqua MODIS is the second MODIS, the first having been launched in 1999 on board the Terra satellite. This artist's concept animation shows the MODIS instrument measuring clouds, land surface cover, snow cover on the land, and sea ice cover on the oceans.

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Aqua Visualizations - Animated