MODIS Instrument Characteristics, Performance, and Data for Climate Studies - Satellite-based Applications on Climate Change - page 45

Table 3.2 Comparison of
MODIS and VIIRS bands and
spatial resolutions

MODIS VIIRS

Band # λ λ Band ID

1 620-670 600-680 I-1

2 841-876 845-885 I-2

3 459-479

4 545-565

5 1,230-1,250 1,230-1,250 M-8

6 1,628-1,652 1,580-1,670 M-10

1,580-1,610 I-3

7 2,105-2,155 2,225-2,275 M-11

8 405-420 402-422 M-1

9 438-448 436-454 M-2

10 483-493 478-498 M-3

11 526-536

12 546-556 545-565 M-4

13 662-672 662-682 M-5

14 673-683

15 743-753 739-754 M-6

16 862-877 846-885 M-7

17 890-920

18 931-941

19 915-965

20 3.660-3.840 3.610-3.790 M-12

3.550-3.930 I-4

21 3.929-3.989

22 3.940-4.001

23 4.020-4.080 3.973-4.128 M-13

24 4.433-4.498

25 4.482-4.549

26 1.360-1.390 M-9

27 6.535-6.895

28 7.175-7.475

29 8.400-8.700 8.400-8.700 M-14

30 9.580-9.880

31 10.780-11.280 10.253-11.263 M-15

10.050-12.400 I-5

32 11.770-12.270 11.538-12.488 M-16

33 13.185-13.485
34 13.485-13.785
35 13.785-14.085
36 14.085-14.385
MOD1S Bands l and 2 are 250 m at nadir
MOD1S Bands 3-7 are 500 m at nadir
MOD1S Bands 8-36 are 1,000 m at nadir
VIIRS Bands I-1 and I-2 are 371 m at nadir
VIIRS Band I-3 is 371 m at nadir
VIIRS Bands I-4 and I-5 are 371 m at nadir