7.3.3.15. MODIS Dataloader

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a satellite-borne instrument developed by NASA.

From their website:

MODIS are viewing the entire Earth’s surface every 1 to 2 days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands, or groups of wavelengths.

Name in config: 'modis'

Information on where to download their data products can be found here

class meshiphi.dataloaders.scalar.modis.MODISDataLoader(bounds, params)

import_data(bounds)

Reads in data from a MODIS NetCDF file. Renames variable to ‘SIC’

Parameters:

bounds (Boundary) – Initial boundary to limit the dataset to

Returns:

MODIS dataset within limits of bounds. Dataset has coordinates ‘lat’, ‘long’, and variable ‘SIC’

Return type:

xr.Dataset