MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 4

NSIDC DAAC Data Catalog

Data Contributors

  • HALL, DOROTHY K.
  • SALOMONSON, VINCE V.
  • RIGGS, GEORGE A.

Parameters

  • LAKE ICE
  • SNOW COVER

Instruments

  • MODIS : MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER
  • SPECTRORADIOMETERS

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MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MOD10A2) contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an 8-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence observations in HDF-EOS format, along with corresponding metadata. MOD10A2 consists of 1200 km by 1200 km tiles of 500 m resolution data gridded in a sinusoidal map projection. MODIS/Terra V004 data extend from 24 February 2000 to present. MODIS snow cover data are based on a snow mapping algorithm that employs a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and other criteria tests. Data are available via FTP, CD-ROM, DLT, or DVD.

Please note that NSIDC now has a complete series of Version 5 data, which is the highest version number now available and represents the best quality of data.

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Data Citation

The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. List the principal investigators, year of data set release (2000), data set title and version, date of the version you used, publishers (NSIDC), and digital media.

Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs, and Vincent V. Salomonson. 2000, updated weekly. MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid V004, January to March 2003. Boulder, CO, USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.


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