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

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/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MYD10A2) contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an eight-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence observations in HDF-EOS format, along with corresponding metadata. MYD10A2 consists of 1200 km by 1200 km tiles of 500 m resolution data gridded in a sinusoidal map projection. Data extend from 04 July 2002 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.

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Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs, and Vincent V. Salomonson. 2003, updated weekly. MODIS/Aqua 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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