MODIS/Terra 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

MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C2) 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/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. The only data available for Version 4 (V004) is the Golden Month, which is a sample of V004 data covering the time period 29 August 2002 (day of year 241) through 7 October 2002 (day of year 280). The Golden Month is only available by special request by contacting NSIDC User Services.

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.

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 (2002), 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. 2002, updated weekly. MODIS/Terra 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.