Building a data system to produce, archive and distribute global data products from MODIS

An emergency backup processing system for NASA's EOSDIS was developed to produce, archive and distribute global science products from the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument which will be launched on the EOS AM-1 satellite. This system will produce up to 400GB of MODIS products per day and distribute up to 500GB of data via the Internet and on DLT and Exabyte tapes.