High Mountain Asia MODIS/Terra L3 Daily 500m SIN Grid Spatially and Temporally Complete (STC) Snow Cover and Snow Surface Properties, Version 1
Data set id:
HMA2_MODSTC
DOI: 10.5067/9FYZPP9AIV7G
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Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains spatially and temporally complete (STC) raster images of snow cover and snow surface properties from 1 October 2000 through 30 June 2022 for the High Mountain Asia region. The data are derived from the MODIS Snow Covered Area and Grain-size (MODSCAG) and MODIS Dust Radiative Forcing in Snow (MODDRFS) data sets using historical surface reflectances from MODIS/Terra as input.
Variables include snow fraction (viewable and canopy-corrected); optical grain size; snow albedo (with and without light-absorbing particles); and energy flux to the snowpack from light-absorbing particles.
Parameter(s):
ALBEDO
SNOW FRACTION
SNOW GRAIN SIZE
SNOW RADIATIVE FORCING
VISIBLE SNOW DARKENING
Platform(s):
Terra
Sensor(s):
MODIS
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
- 1 October 2000 to 30 June 2022
Temporal Resolution:
- 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
- 463.3 m
- 463.3 m
Spatial Reference System(s):
- N/AN/A
Spatial Coverage:
- Northern latitude50Southern latitude20Eastern longitude117.4975Western longitude46.188
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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