1. PoDAG XXI: MODIS Status Marilyn Kaminski MODIS Product Team Lead October 16, 2003

2. PoDAG XXI Marilyn Kaminski, MODIS Product Team Lead October 16, 2003 2 Recent MODIS Activities (since last PoDAG) Terra Version 4 reprocessing began January 1 and will complete this week; minor cleanup activities will follow and be completed November 2003  Complete consistent reprocessing from Feb 24 2000 onward User workshops held October 2002 (Boston) and July 2003 (Toulouse) Two reviews given to NASA HQ (March, September 2003); one review given to MODIS Land Team (July 2003) New system capabilities initiated at NSIDC:  Data pools and SNOWI/MODIS (alternative ways to easily retrieve MODIS data from archive)  Integrated browse  Subsetting available for snow CMG products (MOD10C1 and MOD10C2) through EDG

3. PoDAG XXI Marilyn Kaminski, MODIS Product Team Lead October 16, 2003 3 Recent Product Changes New Products New daily sea ice CMG product (MOD29E1D, MYD29E1D) began production Sep 03; currently hidden from public use Browse data available through EDG and data pool for snow swath product (MOD10_L2), sea ice swath product (MOD29), and daily gridded snow product (MOD10A1) All Terra Version 4 products released to users Aqua Level 2 snow and sea ice products released to users; other Aqua products hidden Snow CMG (MOD10C1, MOD10C2) products began production Oct 02 with browse available through NSIDC web Product Changes Snow albedo added to daily snow product (MOD10A1) Sep 03; released to users as beta version Deleted Products All Terra Version 1 products deleted from archive

4. PoDAG XXI Marilyn Kaminski, MODIS Product Team Lead October 16, 2003 4 Near-Term Plans Aqua Version 4 reprocessing will begin January 2004 (tentative) Terra Version 5 reprocessing in planning stages (tentative start September 2004) New snow product in polar grid to begin production late 2003 Terra Version 3 products will be deleted mid-2004

5. PoDAG XXI Marilyn Kaminski, MODIS Product Team Lead October 16, 2003 5 MODIS Distribution Statistics