MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5

Data Contributors

HALL, DOROTHY K.
SALOMONSON, VINCE V.
RIGGS, GEORGE A.

Parameters

LAKE ICE
SNOW COVER

Instruments

MODIS : MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER
SPECTRORADIOMETERS

The MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MYD10A2) data set contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an eight-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence observations in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format, along with corresponding metadata. MOD10A2 consists of 1200 km by 1200 km tiles of 500 m resolution data gridded in a sinusoidal map projection. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow cover data are based on a snow mapping algorithm that employs a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and other criteria tests. MODIS/Terra Version 5 (V005) data extend from 24 February 2000 to present; however, until reprocessing is complete in mid-2008 not all V005 data will be available. Data are available via FTP, CD-ROM, DLT, or DVD. Data can be obtained in GeoTIFF format by ordering the data through the Data Pool.

Until the reprocessing campaign is finished, the complete set of Version 4 (V004) data will remain available. Thus, if you need V004 documentation, please contact the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) User Services at http://nsidc.org/forms/contact.html.

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, data set title and version number, dates of the data you used (for example, December 2003 to March 2004), publisher: NSIDC, and digital media.

Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs, and Vincent V. Salomonson. 2007, updated weekly. MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid V005, [list the dates of the data used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

Sample Image

MYD10A2 Version 4 data, 4-11 July 2002