MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 4

Data Contributors HALL, DOROTHY K. SALOMONSON, VINCE V. RIGGS, GEORGE A. Parameters SNOW COVER Instruments MODIS : MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SPECTRORADIOMETERS

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MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MYD10C2) consists of 7200-column by 3600-row global arrays of snow cover in a 0.05 deg climate modeling grid (CMG). Data and quality assurance (QA) fields are in HDF-EOS format, along with corresponding metadata. 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, D.K., G.A. Riggs, and V.V. Salomonson. 2002, updated weekly. MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V004, January to March 2003. Boulder, CO, USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

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