MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night, Version 5

Data Contributors HALL, DOROTHY K. SALOMONSON, VINCE V. RIGGS, GEORGE A. Parameters SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE Instruments MODIS : MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SPECTRORADIOMETERS

Documentation    Order Data    

MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night (MYD29P1N) data set contains fields for Ice Surface Temperature (IST) and IST Spatial Quality Assessment (QA) in Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format, along with corresponding metadata. The field Sea Ice by Ice Surface Temperature that is in Version 4 (V004) was removed from Version 5 MOD29P1N V005, the latest version of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, consists of 954 x 954 km files of 1 km resolution data gridded in the Lambert Azimuth Equal Area map projection.

Data are stored in HDF-EOS format, and are available from 4 July 2002 to present via FTP. Data can also be obtained in GeoTIFF format by ordering the data through the Data Pool.

View Metadata Record

Data Citation

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., V. V. Salomonson, and G. A. Riggs. 2006. MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night. Version 5. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

See Also

• MODIS DAAC Web page at NSIDC
• MODIS Data at NSIDC Home Web page
• Sea Ice Products at NSIDC
• MODIS Web Site at NSIDC
• Contact User Services