How is large-scale volcanic eruption seen by modis sensor

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Assignment Problem: NASA Worldview is a Web application that allows you to view recently acquired imagery from several different Earth-observing satellites and their sensors, including MODIS. This web application offers incredible imagery of any earth occurrence such as Hurricanes, Sandstorms, etc...

Click on the following link to access NASA Worldview:

Under Events, select one of the options for Wildfires then examine the animation of imagery.

1. How are the capabilities of the MODIS sensor demonstrated here as being extremely useful for monitoring phenomena such as large-scale wildfires?

Under Events, select one of the options for Volcanoes then examine the imagery of that date and the next couple of dates as well.

2. How is the large-scale volcanic eruption seen by the MODIS sensor?

Again click on the link to access NASA Worldview:

Click on the 'Camp Fire' Icon under the Welcome to Worldview screen

On the left-hand side click on the 'Add Layers' Tab

Under the Air, Quality tab click on 'Fires and Thermal Anomalies (Day)' to add the layer

Under the Air, Quality tab click on 'Aerosol Index' to add the layer

On the home page select the 'Start Comparison' tab on the bottom right-hand side

This will populate a scrolling screen to compare the data

3. What are the trends you see occurring as you scroll to the right?

4. What are the trends you see occurring as you scroll to the left?

5. Does the Aerosol Index increase or decrease as you scroll to the right?

6. Does the Aerosol Index increase or decrease as you scroll to the left?

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