Entry_ID: NSIDC-0280
Entry_Title: MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) Image Map
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Haran, T., J. Bohlander, T. Scambos, T. Painter, and M. Fahnestock
   Dataset_Title: MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) Image Map
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2005-11-02
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0280.html
   Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5ZK5DM5
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Terry
   Last_Name: Haran
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES,  449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Jennifer
   Last_Name: Bohlander
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Ted
   Last_Name: Scambos
   Email: scambos@nsidc.org
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Colorado
      Address: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES,  449 UCB
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Thomas
   Last_Name: Painter
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Center for the Study of Earth from Space (CSES)
      Address: CIRES, 216 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0216
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Mark
   Last_Name: Fahnestock
   Email: mark.fahnestock@unh.edu
   Phone: 1 603 862-0322 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address:  University of New Hampshire
      Address: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
      Address: University of New Hampshire
      Address: 39 College Road
      City: Durham
      Province_or_State: NH
      Postal_Code: 03824-3525
      Country: USA
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: NSIDC
   Last_Name: User Services
   Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
   Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
   Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
      Country: USA
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Firn
   Detailed_Variable: Snow Grain Size
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Sheets
   Detailed_Variable: Surface Morphology
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ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
ISO_Topic_Category: Imagery/Base Maps/Earth Cover
Keyword: AGDC
Keyword: Antarctica
Keyword: Aqua
Keyword: MODIS
Keyword: Satellite Imagery
Keyword: Satellites
Keyword: snow grain size
Keyword: Surface Morphology
Keyword: Terra
Sensor_Name: MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Source_Name: AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA
Source_Name: SATELLITES
Source_Name: TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 2003-11-20
   Stop_Date: 2004-02-29
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: -90
   Northernmost_Latitude: -60
   Westernmost_Longitude: -180
   Easternmost_Longitude: 180
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: ANTARCTICA
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: POLAR
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Group: Data_Resolution
   Latitude_Resolution: 250 m
   Longitude_Resolution: 250 m
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Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: NSIDC_AGDC
Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_AGDC > NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/agdc/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC AGDC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_USADCC > NSIDC U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/usadcc/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC USADCC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 56 - 4096 MB
   Distribution_Format: GeoTIFF
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 56 - 4096 MB
   Distribution_Format: Binary
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: Online (HTTP)
   Distribution_Format: JPEG
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Group: Multimedia_Sample
   File: https://nsidc.org/data/moa/assets/map.jpg
   URL: https://nsidc.org/data/moa/assets/map.jpg
   Caption: Sample Data Image
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Group: Reference

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   85(47). F452. 

   Bourdelles, B., and M. Fily. 1993. Snow grain-size determination from Landsat 
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   Cooper, A. P. R. 1994. A simple shape-from-shading algorithm applied to images 
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   Greene, N. and P. S. Heckbert. 1986. Creating Raster Omnimax Images from 
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   Fahnestock, M. A., R. Bindschadler, R. Kwok, and K. Jezek. 1993. Greenland Ice 
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   Ferrigno, J. G., J. L. Mullins, J. A. Stapleton, R. A. Bindschadler, T. A. 
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Group: Summary

   Staff from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the University of 
   New Hampshire have assembled two digital image maps of surface morphology and 
   optical snow grain size that cover the Antarctic continent and its surrounding 
   islands. The MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) image maps are derived from 
   composites of 260 MODIS (Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) orbit 
   swaths acquired between 20 November 2003 and 29 February 2004. The MOA 
   provides a cloud-free view of the ice sheet, ice shelves, and land surfaces, 
   and a quantitative measure of optical snow grain size for snow- or ice-covered 
   areas. All land areas larger than a few hundred meters that are south of 60° S 
   are included in the mosaic, as well as persistent fast ice regions and some 
   grounded icebergs present near the coast in the 2003-2004 austral summer. The 
   MOA surface morphology image map is derived from digitally processed MODIS 
   Band 1 data. The optical snow grain size image is compiled using a normalized 
   ratio of atmospherically corrected, calibrated band radiance data from Bands 1 
   and 2.

    The data are available via FTP at two spatial grid scales: 750 m (112 MB) and 
   125 m (4 GB), and via a Web-based map server that can create manually-selected 
   Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) images (as of this writing, the 
   Web-based map server has only a qualitative grain size image and not the final 
   grain size data product). Image data on the FTP site include binary 16-bit 
   images that preserve the full radiometric content of the scenes. A complete 
   discussion of data selection, processing, and validation along with examples 
   of data applications are discussed in Scambos et al., 2007.

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   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/modis/
   Description: MODIS Data at NSIDC
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   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/ramp/
   Description: RAMP Data at NSIDC
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   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
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   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/atlas/
   Description: Atlas of the Cryosphere
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      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
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   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0102.html
   Description: Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves
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      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
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   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0082.html
   Description: Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project Digital Elevation Model Version 2
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IDN_Node: AMD/US
Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2005-11-02
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2013-03-18
DIF_Revision_History:  Added DOI