Packet 1: Bonus 8

This remote-sensing mission monitors 36 spectral bands that can be found on the satellites Terra and Aqua. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this remote-sensing mission that is often used to measure the hydrosphere. This mission will be retired by 2027 in favor of the later VIIRS system.
ANSWER: MODIS [or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer]
[10e] MODIS’s 20th through 23rd bands are dedicated to monitoring the temperature of these structures. High values of these structures’ namesake “cover” results in lower sky brightness.
ANSWER: clouds
[10m] MODIS’s 8th through 16th bands monitor this property, which changes from high concentrations of CDOM. The presence of dinoflagellates causes a characteristic anomaly in this visual property.
ANSWER: ocean color [or equivalents that mention the color of the ocean; accept water color; accept answers that give a specific color of the ocean; prompt on color by asking “of what?”]
<Waterloo, Other Science> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B

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BrownVanderbilt010010E
BruinToronto B010010E
CambridgeRutgers010010E
Chicago AHarvard0101020EM
Chicago BGeorgia Tech C010010E
Georgia Tech AGeorgetown0101020EM
Illinois AUC Berkeley B0101020EM
Illinois BStanford A0101020EM
MITColumbia B0101020EM
Maryland AIndiana010010E
MichiganNorthwestern A010010E
MinnesotaMaryland B0101020EM
NYU AJohns Hopkins0101020EM
North CarolinaUCF010010E
PittsburghCornell0101020EM
PurdueVirginia Tech010010E
Stanford BNorthwestern B010010E
TexasOhio State010010E
UC Berkeley AColumbia A0101020EM
UCLAPenn State0101020EM
VirginiaBritish Columbia010010E
WashUSwarthmore0101020EM

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