Editing Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (section)

==MODIS bands==

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|-
!|Band
!|[[Electromagnetic radiation|Wavelength]]<br/>([[Nanometre|nm]])
!|Resolution<br/>(m)
!|Primary use
|-
||1
||620–670
||250
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Land/cloud/aerosols<br/>boundaries
|-
||2
||841–876
||250
|-
||3
||459–479
||500
|align="center" rowspan="5"|Land/cloud/aerosols<br/>properties
|-
||4
||545–565
||500
|-
||5
||1230–1250
||500
|-
||6
||1628–1652
||500
|-
||7
||2105–2155
||500
|-
||8
||405–420
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="9"|[[Ocean color]]/<br/>phytoplankton/<br/>biogeochemistry
|-
||9
||438–448
||1000
|-
||10
||483–493
||1000
|-
||11
||526–536
||1000
|-
||12
||546–556
||1000
|-
||13
||662–672
||1000
|-
||14
||673–683
||1000
|-
||15
||743–753
||1000
|-
||16
||862–877
||1000
|-
||17
||890–920
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Atmospheric<br/>water vapor
|-
||18
||931–941
||1000
|-
||19
||915–965
||1000
|-
!|Band
!|[[Electromagnetic radiation|Wavelength]]<br/>([[Micrometre|μm]])
!|Resolution<br/>(m)
!|Primary use
|-
||20
||3.660–3.840
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Surface/cloud<br/>temperature
|-
||21
||3.929–3.989
||1000
|-
||22
||3.929–3.989
||1000
|-
||23
||4.020–4.080
||1000
|-
||24
||4.433–4.498
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Atmospheric<br/>temperature
|-
||25
||4.482–4.549
||1000
|-
||26
||1.360–1.390
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Cirrus clouds<br/>water vapor
|-
||27
||6.535–6.895
||1000
|-
||28
||7.175–7.475
||1000
|-
||29
||8.400–8.700
||1000
|align="center"|Cloud properties
|-
||30
||9.580–9.880
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="1"|Ozone
|-
||31
||10.780–11.280
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Surface/cloud<br/>temperature
|-
||32
||11.770–12.270
||1000
|-
||33
||13.185–13.485
||1000
|align="center" rowspan="4"|Cloud top<br/>altitude
|-
||34
||13.485–13.785
||1000
|-
||35
||13.785–14.085
||1000
|-
||36
||14.085–14.385
||1000
|-
|}