MODIS

• http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/design.php design: scanning mirror, photodiode, 250-500-1000m resolution in 36 sepctral banks
• Wikipedia:Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• http://aqua.nasa.gov/about/instrument_modis.php
• http://aqua.nasa.gov/doc/viz/media/aqua_modis_soren.mov Animation of orbiting Aqua satellite and Modis scanning
• http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/activefiremaps.php?op=info Fire Detection Maps description
• http://directreadout.fs.fed.us image data from satellite scans
• http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/faq.htm Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) FAQ
• http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/firemap/ Web Fire Mapper
• http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/fire_and_smoke.html maps