MODO Features

MODO Version 3 was released in April 2005 and has been continuously updated since then. The current features are:

import/export of Modtran4^® 'tape5' ASCII control files
creation of tape5 input,
creation and dealing with multiple run tape5s,
editing of customized own atmospheres,
import/export of ground reflectance spectra including support for adjacency effect,
support for ENVI (TM) spectral libraries,
automatic creation of series based on a spectral library,
sensitivity analysis through parameter series,
direct call of Modtran^® for Windows and UNIX/Linux/MacOSX,
extraction of radiance/transmittance components from standard Modtran^® output (tape7),
extraction of solar flux data from Modtran^® .flx files,
plotting of standard Modtran^® outputs (tape7 / flux),
convolution of Modtran^® outputs to hyperspectral (gaussian response) and multispectral sensors,
includes original Modtran^® executables of Modtran^® v3r1 for Solares/x86-Linux/MacOSX and Windows (under license of the United States of America),
direct online help for each GUI,
complete PDF user manual for the MODO functionality,
eased sensor simulation with acces to a broad collection of sensor response functions for both airborne and spaceborne optical and thermal instruments, and
supporting applications for visibility determination and solar angles calculation.

some currently missing features are:

IDL 6.2 and higher or the free IDL Virtual Machine (ITT Inc.) for MODO version 3.x,
Solaris, Linux (x86), MacOSX (PowerPC) or Windows operating system,
high processing power for Modtran^® runs,
screen size at least 1024x768, and
disk storage: 100 MB.