MODIS BANDS and their PRINCIPAL AREAS OF APPLICATION

Primary Use

Band

Bandwidth (nm)

Central Wavelength (nm)

Pixel Size (m)

Land/Cloud/Aerosols

Boundaries

1

620 - 670

645.5

250

2

841 - 876

856.5

250

Land/Cloud/Aerosols

Properties

3

459 - 479

465.6

500

4

545 - 565

553.6

500

5

1230 - 1250

1241.6

500

6

1628 - 1652

1629.1

500

7

2105 - 2155

2114.1

500

Ocean Color/

Phytoplankton/

Biogeochemistry

8

405 - 420

411.3

1000

9

438 - 448

442.0

1000

10

483 - 493

486.9

1000

11

526 - 536

529.6

1000

12

546 - 556

546.8

1000

13

662 - 672

665.5

1000

14

673 - 683

676.8

1000

15

743 - 753

746.4

1000

16

862 - 877

866.2

1000

Atmospheric

Water Vapor

17

890 - 920

904.0

1000

18

931 - 941

935.5

1000

19

915 - 965

935.2

1000

Primary Use

Band

Bandwidth (µm)

Central Wavelength

(µm)

Pixel Size (m)

Surface/Cloud

Temperature

20

3.660 - 3.840

3.785

1000

21

3.930 - 3.989

3.960

1000

22*

3.930 - 3.989

3.960

1000

23

4.020 - 4.080

4.056

1000

Atmospheric

Temperature

24

4.433 - 4.498

4.472

1000

25

4.482 - 4.549

4.545

1000

Cirrus Clouds

26

1.360 - 1.390

1.383

1000

Water Vapor

27

6.535 - 6.895

6.752

1000

28

7.175 - 7.475

7.334

1000

Cloud Properties

29

8.400 - 8.700

8.518

1000

Ozone

30

9.580 - 9.880

9.737

1000

Surface/Cloud

Temperature

31

10.780 - 11.280

11.017

1000

32

11.770 - 12.270

12.032

1000

Cloud Top

Altitude

33

13.185 - 13.485

13.359

1000

34

13.485 - 13.785

13.675

1000

35

13.785 - 14.085

13.907

1000

36

14.085 - 14.385

14.192

1000

*different saturation levels