MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500  View Catalog Page
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eng; usa
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Hierarchy Level:
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Hierarchy Level Name:
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-25
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/mod10_l2.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500
Date:
Date: 2006
Date Type:
Value: publication
CodeList: CI_DateTypeCode
Edition: 5
Edition Date: 2006-12-18
Identifier: MOD10_L2
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Abstract:
The MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m (MOD10_L2) data set contains snow cover and Quality Assessment (QA) data, latitudes and longitudes in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format, and corresponding metadata. Latitude and longitude geolocation fields are at 5 km resolution while all other fields are at 500 m resolution. Version 5 (V005), the latest version of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data available has two separate snow fields. The first field, snow cover, classifies each cloud-free land or inland water body pixel as snow-covered or snow-free, the second field, fractional snow cover, provides the percent of snow cover within each pixel for land and inland water bodies. 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 stored in HDF-EOS format, and are available from 24 February 2000 to present via FTP. Data can also be obtained in GeoTIFF format by ordering the data through the Data Pool.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Hall, D. K., G. A. Riggs, and V. V. Salomonson. 2006. MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500. Version 5. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Value: underDevelopment
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Dorothy K. Hall
Organization Name: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
City: Greenbelt
Administrative Area: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Vince V. Salomonson
Organization Name: University of Utah
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 801 585-9492
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: University of Utah
City: Salt Lake City
Administrative Area: UT
Postal Code: 84112
Country: US
Email: vincent.salomonson@utah.edu
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: George A. Riggs
Organization Name: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 301 614-5650
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
City: Greenbelt
Administrative Area: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Email: George.A.Riggs@nasa.gov
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Maintenance Information:
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
Value: asNeeded
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Update Scope:
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Value: series
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Continent > Africa
Keyword: Continent > Antarctica
Keyword: Continent > Asia
Keyword: Continent > Australia/new Zealand
Keyword: Continent > Europe
Keyword: Continent > North America
Keyword: Continent > South America
Keyword: Geographic Region > Global
Keyword: Geographic Region > Global Land
Keyword: Geographic Region > Polar
Keyword Type:
Value: place
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Lake Ice
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > River Ice
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover > Fractional Snow Cover
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Lake Ice
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > River Ice
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover > Fractional Snow Cover
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
Keyword Type:
Value: discipline
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: EOS > Earth Observing System
Keyword: EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System
Keyword: ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program
Keyword Type:
Value: theme
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-01-24
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: Antarctic
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: Climatology
Keyword: DAAC
Keyword: ECS
Keyword: EOSDIS
Keyword: Global Change
Keyword: Lake Ice
Keyword: NASA
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: NSIDC DAAC
Keyword: Polar
Keyword: Remote Sensing
Keyword: Snow
Keyword: Snow Cover
Keyword: Snow On Ice
Keyword: Swath
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Value: theme
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Dataset Constraints:
Legal Constraints:
Access Constraints:
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Use Constraints:
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Other Constraints:
Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
Language:
eng; usa
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Value: UTF8
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Topic Category:
Value: geoscientificInformation
CodeList: MD_topicCategoryCode
Topic Category:
Value: imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: -90
Northbound Latitude: 90
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 20000224
End Position: Unknown
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: GeoTIFF
Specification: FTP 0.5 - 10.0 MB
Data File Format:
Name: HDF-EOS
Specification: FTP 0.5 - 10.0 MB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/modis/order.html
Description: Data Access URL
Function:
Value: download
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/modis_v5/mod10_l2_modis_terra_snow_cover_5min_swath.gd.html
Description: Documentation URL
Function:
Value: information
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Offline Transfer Options:
Offline Resources:
Name:
Value: onLine
CodeList: MD_MediumNameCode
Density: 0.5
Density Units: MB
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
Description: satellite
Instrument: MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
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