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MYD10CM.006MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMGHall, D. K. & Riggs, G. A.MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG2016-07-27Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center6false10.5067/MODIS/MYD10CM.006https://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/myd10cm-v006-userguide_1.pdfMYD10CMTechnical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAEARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESNOW/ICEICE EXTENT Climatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereImagery/Base Maps/Earth CoverMODIS-projectsnow-coverMODISModerate-Resolution Imaging SpectroradiometerAquaEarth Observing System, Aqua2002-07-042023-01-31deprecated-9090-180180Geographic RegionGlobal Land0.05 deg0.05 deg1 monthThese data have been retired and are no longer accessible.These data have been retired and are no longer available for use. Cite any prior or planned use of these data according to the recommended citation at https://nsidc.org/about/data-use-and-copyright. For more information on the NASA EOSDIS Data Use Policy, see https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy.EnglishNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAFTP1.3 MBHDF-EOS2Hall, D.K., and G.A. Riggs. 2011. Normalized-difference snow index (NDSI). Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. 779-780. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_376.
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Masuoka, E., A. Fleig, R.E. Wolfe, and F. Patt. 1998. Key characteristics of MODIS data products. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 36(4):1313-1323.
Riggs, George A. and Dorothy K. Hall. 2016. MODIS Snow Products Collection 6 User Guide. https://nsidc.org/sites/nsidc.org/files/files/MODIS-snow-user-guide-C6.pdf.
Salomonson, V.V. and I. Appel. 2004. Estimating the fractional snow covering using the normalized difference snow index. Remote Sensing of Environment 89(3):351-360. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2003.10.016.
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Wolfe, R.E., D.P. Roy, and E. Vermote. 1999. MODIS land data storage, gridding and compositing methodology: level 2 grid. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 36(4):1324-1338.
Wolfe, R.E. 2006. MODIS Geolocation. Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing, Eds. Qu J.J, Wei, G, Menas, K, Murphy, R.E. and Salomonson, VV. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 50-73. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37293-6_4.
Wolfe, R.E. and M. Nishihama. 2009. Trends in MODIS geolocation error analysis. Proc. SPIE 7452, Earth Observing Systems XIV, 74520L (August 24, 2009). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.826598.This data set reports monthly average snow cover in 0.05 degree (approx. 5 km) resolution Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) cells. Monthly averages are computed from daily snow cover observations in the MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MYD10C1) data set.
As of August 2023, this data set is retired and no longer available for download. We recommend using <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/myd10cm/versions/61">MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61</a> as an alternative.VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/myd10cm-v006-userguide_1.pdfMODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 User GuidePROJECT HOME PAGEhttp://nsidc.org/data/modisMODIS Data at NSIDCCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92016-07-272026-08-19NSIDCVersion SummaryChanges for Version 6 include:
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<li>Fractional Snow Cover (FSC) previously used as input to this data set has been replaced by Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) snow cover;</li>
<li>Aqua MODIS band 6 data have been restored to scientific quality using a Quantitative Image Restoration (QIR) technique. Aqua now uses the same snow detection algorithm as Terra.</li>
</ul>NSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCLevel of ServiceNo Data AccessNSIDCFull Dataset CitationHall, D. K. & Riggs, G. A. (2016). <i>MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG</i>. (MYD10CM, Version 6). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10CM.006">https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10CM.006</a>. [<i><describe subset used if applicable></i>].NSIDCRetiredtrue