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Dr. Chris Justice has been awarded a project to develop an information delivery system to help monitor agricultural regions of the world. The project, "Support of Application of NASA EOS MODIS data by USDA Foreign Agriculture Service" amounts to over $800,000 for 3 years through the NASA agricultural competitiveness program. The MODIS Rapid Response (RR) Team has developed an operational prototype, which can deliver high quality MODIS data, with spatial resolutions from 250m to 1km, available within 2-4 hours after satellite acquisition. This project will develop an information delivery system for MODIS data designed to meet the needs of the FAS. The information system includes MODIS Rapid Response, enhanced Standard Products, new experimental products, and it will be customized for monitoring the major agricultural regions of the world. The project involves four components. (1) The delivery of Rapid Response MODIS data and integration of enhanced MODIS products into the FAS monitoring system. (2) The development and testing of the new MODIS RR products highlighting vegetation condition and crop stress and the integration of MODIS data in a regional crop prediction model. (3) Research and development establishing the relationship between MODIS vegetation index products and the existing long-term archive of AVHRR/SPOT, as a baseline for improved monitoring of surface cover changes associate with drought, heat stress, crop failure. (4) The development of a Web-based MODIS information delivery system. |
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