Increased Atmospheric Aridity and Reduced Precipitation Drive the 2023 Extreme Wildfire Season in Canada by Gengke Lai, Yongguang Zhang

“…Here, we analyzed the exceptional scale, dominant driving factors, and potential impacts on permafrost of these wildfires using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer burned area (BA) observations and machine learning methods. …”
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Improving the evapotranspiration estimation by coupling soil moisture and atmospheric variables in the relative evapotranspiration parameterization by Elisabet Walker, Virginia Venturini

“…In addition, Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) products were used to obtain global maps of ET and compared with Global Landsurface Evaporation Amsterdam Methodology (GLEAM) and Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) MOD16 products, displaying the flexibility of these new parametrizations with different sources of data.…”
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Optimization of Irrigation Requirements for the Markonahalli Command Area Using the SWAT Model by Archana K., Suresh Ramaswwamy Reddy, Jagadish Vengala, Ashish Kumar Nayak

“…The model is calibrated and validated using evapotranspiration data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The calibration and validation are performed using the Sequential Uncertainty Fitting-2 (SUFI-2) algorithm within the SWAT Calibration and Uncertainty Programs (SWAT-CUP). …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of LST changes in Morocco: Assessing climate change impacts by Rhziel Fatima Zahrae, Ahsissene Safae, Lahraoua Mohammed, Raissouni Naoufal

“…LST data were obtained from the thermal infrared satellite sensor MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), providing monthly composites of day and night values at a 1 km resolution from 2018 to 2023.…”
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Estimation of Evapotranspiration of Amazon Rainforest Using the Maximum Entropy Production Method by Donghui Xu, Elizabeth Agee, Jingfeng Wang, Valeriy Y. Ivanov

“…The site‐level MEP‐based estimates outperform the estimates of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer evapotranspiration product, which is commonly used for large‐scale assessments. …”
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Response of Simulated Surface Air Temperature to the Interannual Variability of Leaf Area Index in Eastern China by Xuezhen Zhang, Qiuhong Tang

“…The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observed dynamic LAI data from 2002 to 2009 were used in one modeling experiment, and the climatological seasonal cycle of the MODIS LAI was used in the other experiment. …”
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Surface Flux Equilibrium Theory‐Derived Evapotranspiration Estimate Outperforms ECOSTRESS, MODIS, and SSEBop Products by Hitesh Thakur, Pushpendra Raghav, Mukesh Kumar, Fitsume Wolkeba

“…SFET‐derived ET estimates are intercompared with widely used continental remote sensing products, including ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, and SSEBop. Results indicate that SFET consistently outperforms these ET products. …”
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Identifying errors in dust models from data assimilation by R. J. Pope, J. H. Marsham, P. Knippertz, M. E. Brooks, A. J. Roberts

“…Here we examine assimilation increments from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer AODs over northern Africa in the Met Office global forecast model. …”
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Spatiotemporal relationships between remotely sensed soil moisture and NDVI in semi-arid areas of Morocco by coupling SMOS and MODIS products by Rida Khellouk, Ahmed Barakat

“…The data used to achieve these objectives are as follows: the time series of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the time series of SMOS data products (soil moisture and ocean salinity). …”
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Predicting Sargassum blooms in the Caribbean Sea from MODIS observations by Mengqiu Wang, Chuanmin Hu

“…Here we present predictions based on a hindcast of 2000–2016 observations from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), which showed Sargassum abundance in the CS and the Central West Atlantic (CWA), as well as connectivity between the two regions with time lags. …”
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Long‐range transport of NH3, CO, HCN, and C2H6 from the 2014 Canadian Wildfires by E. Lutsch, E. Dammers, S. Conway, K. Strong

“…Enhancements were attributed to fires in the Northwest Territories using the FLEXPART Lagrangian dispersion model and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Fire Hot Spot data set. …”
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Phytoplanktonic Photoacclimation Under Clouds by Charlotte Begouen Demeaux, Emmanuel Boss, Jason R. Graff, Michael J. Behrenfeld, Toby K. Westberry

“…Using data from ≈9,000 matchups between BioGeoChemical‐Argo floats and cloud cover from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, we compared the response of θ to irradiances under cloudy and clear skies. …”
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Inland Water Body Fraction Map for Canada and Adjacent Regions at 250-m Spatial Resolution by Shaheen Ghayourmanesh, Alexander P. Trishchenko, Calin Ungureanu

“…It was derived from the Global Surface Water (GSW) dataset (version 5) using a two-step resampling to ensure an accurate replication of the original data and spatial consistency in terms of extent and resolution with the Long-Term Satellite Data Records derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensors. …”
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Estimating the top altitude of optically thick ice clouds from thermal infrared satellite observations using CALIPSO data by Patrick Minnis, Chris R. Yost, Sunny Sun‐Mack, Yan Chen

“…The difference between cloud‐top altitude Ztop and infrared effective radiating height Zeff for optically thick ice clouds is examined using April 2007 data taken by the Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) and the Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). For even days, the difference ΔZ between CALIPSO Ztop and MODIS Zeff is 1.58 ± 1.26 km. …”
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Narrowband shortwave minima in spectra of backscattered light from the sea obtained from ocean color scanners as a remote indication of algal blooms by G.S. Karabashev, M.A. Evdoshenko

“…We found that spectra of algal blooms exhibit minima at wavelengths of channels of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) λ = 443 and λ = 488 nm (Baltic, Black, and Caspian seas), λ = 443 nm (Southwest Tropical Pacific (SWTP)), and λ = 443 nm and λ = 469 nm (Patagonian Continental Shelf (PCS)), attributable to absorption bands of chlorophyll a and accessory pigments. …”
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Spectral indexation of pixels of MODIS sea surface images for detecting inconstancy of phytopigment composition in water by Genrik S. Karabashev

“…ABSTRACT: This paper presents the first results of a new way of using MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) sensor data to visualize phytopigment inconstancy in the near-surface layer of water basins. …”
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Increased thermal suitability elevates the risk of dengue transmission across the mid hills of Nepal. by Bipin Kumar Acharya, Laxman Khanal, Meghnath Dhimal

“…In this study, we utilized Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite land surface temperature (LST) data (MOD11A2) and a temperature-dependent mechanistic model (R0) to predict the monthly suitability for dengue transmission in Nepal from 2001 to 2020 for both mosquito vectors, Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. …”
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Characteristics of Aerosols over the Summer Monsoon Transition Zone by Bing Bai, Qiang Zhang, Liang Zhang, Yaping Wang

“…By combining data from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSOs) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the effects of East Asian summer monsoon circulation on the spatial distribution of aerosol, as well as the response mechanisms of different aerosols in an abundant and a deficient summer monsoon year, were analyzed. …”
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The Optical Signature of a Bottom Boundary Layer Ventilation Event in the Northern Gulf of Mexico's Hypoxic Zone by Jason K. Jolliff, Ewa Jarosz, Sherwin Ladner, Travis Smith, Stephanie Anderson, James Dykes

“…Colorimetric analysis of in situ optical data indicates a specific turquoise‐white color signature for turbid and low‐oxygen bottom waters that match a coincident shelf‐wide feature detected in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer satellite true color images. …”
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Monitoring and Prediction of Land Surface Phenology Using Satellite Earth Observations—A Brief Review by Mateo Gašparović, Ivan Pilaš, Dorijan Radočaj, Dino Dobrinić

“…This review provides a brief overview of key EO satellite missions, including the advanced very-high resolution radiometer (AVHRR), moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS), and the Landsat program, which have played an important role in capturing LSP dynamics at various spatial and temporal scales. …”
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