SML.AQUA.L0:Aqua_20070405_0335

The moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) capture data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 µm to 14.4 µm and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km). Orbit 705 km, 10:30 a.m. descending node (Terra) or 1:30 p.m. ascending node (Aqua), sun-synchronous, near-polar, circular. Scan rate 20.3 rpm, cross track. Swath 2330 km (cross track) by 10 km (along track at nadir). Telescope 17.78 cm diam. off-axis, afocal (collimated), with intermediate field stop. Size 1.0 × 1.6 × 1.0 m. Weight 228.7 kg. Power 162.5 W (single orbit average). Data rate 10.6 Mbit/s (peak daytime); 6.1 Mbit/s (orbital average). Quantization 12 bits. Spatial Resolution 250 m (bands 1–2) 500 m (bands 3–7) 1000 m (bands 8–36). Temporal Resolution 1-2 days.