THIS PROPOSAL IS TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND SUPPORT TO CONDUCT IN VARIOUS WAYS ANALYSES OF THE DATA PRODUCTS AND THE ATTENDANT RESULTS DERIVED FROM THE MODIS SENSOR ON THE AQUA AND TERRA SPACECRAFT. ATTENTION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN THE RELATED SENSORS AS COMPARED TO MODIS SUCH AS THE VIIRS SENSOR ON THE SUOMI NPP SATELLITE AND SENSORS FLOWN BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ESA AND OTHER COUNTRIES SUCH AS JAPAN. THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO TASKS. TASK 1 WHICH IS 80 PERCENT OF THE EFFORT WILL INCLUDE EXAMINING MODIS RESULTS SHOWN IN LIBRARY RESEARCH DATA BASES FOR EXAMPLE THE WEB OF SCIENCE AND RESULTS REPORTED AT VARIOUS TECHNICAL CONFERENCES THAT THE PI WILL ATTEND. THIS EFFORT ALSO WILL INVOLVE KEEPING TRACK OF THE PRODUCTION OF MOD IS PRODUCTS AT THE 3 MAIN DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTERS DAACS STORING MODIS DATA ALONG WITH THE STATUS OF REPROCESSING OF THE MODIS DATA. TASK 2 WHICH IS 20 PERCENT WILL EXAMINE SOME MODIS PRODUCTS AS THEY HELP IN UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS OCCURRING OVER THE GREAT SALT LAKE BASIN IN UTAH. QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL REPORTS PLUS OTHERS AS REQUESTED WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE MODIS PROJECT SCIENTIST GRANT TECHNICAL OFFICE INCLUDING DETAILING THE FINDINGS AND PROGRESS IN THE TASKS NOTED ABOVE.