NASA
type: Concept

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/TIS/MODIS-RRS
type: Concept
in scheme: providers
definition: The MODIS Land Rapid Response system has been developed to provide rapid access to MODIS data globally, with initial emphasis on 250m color composite imagery and active fire data. The experience gained during the Montana fires of 2000, when the MODIS team was asked to provide active fire information to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), has led to the improvement and automation of several of the steps involved in MODIS rapid data provision. Imagery and data are now being provided to a number of users e.g. the USFS Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC), the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the U.N. Global Fire Monitoring Center, and NASA's Earth Observatory. Incremental improvements are planned both for the user interface and the selection of products available from this site. "http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/" [Summary Extracted from the MODIS Rapid Response System home page]