Topic: Retirement of MODIS data from the Aqua and Terra spacecraft.

Date/Time Issued: August 19, 2022 1715Z

Product(s) or Data Impacted: All MODIS products from Aqua and Terra

Date/Time of Initial Impact: November 01, 2022

Date/Time of Expected End: Permanent

Details/Specifics of Change:

This is a reminder that the NOAA MODIS processing system will be retired at the end of October and MODIS data will no longer be available.

However, all the standard MODIS Level 1 and Level 2 data products will continue to be available from NASA's LANCE (Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS) system.

The main webpage for LANCE is: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time.

Both TERRA and AQUA data can be retrieved from that system.

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