Texas Today is a daily snapshot of Texas as seen by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)) aboard the Terra (EOS AM) and Aqua (EOS PM) satellites. Daily
MODIS imagery of Texas and most of the United States is collected and processed through the
X-band reception facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Atop the Atmospheric Oceanic & Space Science building, a 4.8 meter diameter tracking satellite dish inside a protective radome follows the path of the
Terra [schedule] and
Aqua [schedule] satellites from horizon to horizon several times a day. Imagery is posted on the
MODIS-Today website. The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) operates the antenna and processes imagery for many research groups and organizations, including all of the
AmericaView "StateViews." TexasView archives the Texas images and posts them to the Internet where they can be viewed and downloaded for free from this website. Please note that the imagery available here is not science data but rather illustrative "browse" data suitable for mapping and reference use. If you are looking for full, Level 0 or 1B science data in HDF format, please visit this
FTP site.
These images are available for download in a variety of resolutions and band combinations:
| True Color |
Bands 1, 4, 3 |
1000m |
jpg |
| Near-infrared |
Bands 2, 1, 4 |
2000m |
jpg |
| Mid-infrared |
Bands 7, 2, 1 |
250m |
jpg or GeoTiff* |
*If you wish to use these data in a GIS, download the GeoTiff file.
Each day’s snapshot is dependent on the MODIS data captured for that day. Some days may only have partial coverage or no coverage at all. Similarly, cloud cover will vary from no clouds to 100% cloud cover.
For more information visit
Modis Today.
If you use these data in a presentation or publication, please provide proper credit as follows: “Image Source: TexasView.org, WisconsinView.org, SSEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison"