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Rapid Response Visualization

Rapid Response provides imagery for approximately 40 products from the MODIS, AIRS, MLS and OMI instruments. All imagery can be viewed through Worldview* . To help users, the imagery have been organized into 10 application categories to assist users in monitoring and analyzing a variety of natural and man-made Hazards and Disasters (e.g. ash plumes and fires). MODIS Subsets and MODIS Near Real-Time (Orbit Swath) Images are also available.

Please note: NRT imagery can still be viewed and downloaded through the WMS client however users are encouraged to switch to Worldview as in the future LANCE will not continue to support the WMS client.

* Worldview currently does not work with Internet Explorer

Hazards & Disasters

Download subsets of 40 products from MODIS, AIRS, and OMI for a variety of hazards and disasters categories. Imagery is available through a geographic or polar coordinate system Web Mapping Service (WMS) client and Worldview. 

NOTE: Worldview and the WMS client currently do not work with Internet Explorer.

MODIS subsets section
MODIS Subsets

Download a large number of user-specified, geo-referenced and geographically sub-setted images around the world in GIS-compatible format. Examples include most of the AERONET sun photometer sites and the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) sites.

MODIS NRT Orbit Swath imagessection
MODIS Near Real Time (Orbit Swath) Images
View and download swath images for each five-minute interval for Terra and Aqua MODIS data. Data posted approximately 2.5 hours after the observation at the spacecraft.
Gallery section
Gallery
View and download imagery for interesting events and phenomena from MODIS.
Antarctic Mosaic

Download daily Antarctic mosaic images at 4km, 2km, 1km resolutions. The mosaic is composed of smaller image tiles, which are available individually at 250 m, 500 m, 1 km, 2 km, and 4 km resolutions.

Arctic Mosaic

Download daily Arctic mosaic images at 4km, 2km, 1km resolutions. The mosaic is composed of smaller image tiles, which are available individually at 250 m, 500 m, 1 km, 2 km, and 4 km resolutions.

Learn about Rapid Response
Learn about Rapid Response

View information about Rapid Response imagery and user applications for the imagery.