•  On Wednesday, June 7, from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (US Mountain Time), the following data collections may not be available due to planned system maintenance: ASO, AMSR Unified, AMSR-E, Aquarius, High Mountain Asia, IceBridge, ICESat/GLAS, ICESat-2, LVIS, MEaSUREs, MODIS, Nimbus, SMAP, SnowEx, SSM/I-SSMIS and VIIRS.

  • As of February 25th, 2023, C6 Forward processing of Terra and Aqua MODIS Land data products has been discontinued, due to calibration issues that were discovered after the completion of the C6 reprocessing. The Collection 6.1 (C61) corrects these calibration issues and has a number of product specific improvements and enhancements that are listed in the C61 change document here. Given the improved performance and calibration of C61, users are requested to switch to C61 for all of their MODIS land data needs. NSIDC will retain the C6 historical land data products for a further period of 6 months, following this decommissioning of the C6 forward processing, and will decommission all C6 land data products after the expiry of this 6-month retention period.

MODIS

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Data

The following table lists MODIS snow and sea ice data sets available from the NSIDC DAAC. Note: All MODIS snow and sea ice data sets provide global coverage. Temporal coverage depends on the satellite.

Data for this collection: 42
NAME TEMPORAL COVERAGE SPATIAL RESOLUTION PARAMETER(S)
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 (MOD10A1) to present
500 m
500 m
ALBEDO SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 6 (MOD10A1) -
500 m
500 m
ALBEDO SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra CGF Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 (MOD10A1F) to present
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 (MOD10A2) to present
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 6 (MOD10A2) -
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61 (MOD10C1) to present
0.05 Deg
0.05 Deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 (MOD10C1) -
0.05 Deg
0.05 Deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61 (MOD10C2) to present
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 (MOD10C2) -
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61 (MOD10CM) to present
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 (MOD10CM) -
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 61 (MOD10_L2) to present
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 6 (MOD10_L2) -
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km, Version 61 (MOD29) to present
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km, Version 6 (MOD29) -
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day, Version 61 (MOD29E1D) to present
4 km
4 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day, Version 6 (MOD29E1D) -
4 km
4 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 61 (MOD29P1D) to present
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 6 (MOD29P1D) -
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night, Version 61 (MOD29P1N) to present
1 km
1 km
ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night, Version 6 (MOD29P1N) -
1 km
1 km
ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 (MYD10A1) to present
500 m
500 m
ALBEDO SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 6 (MYD10A1) -
500 m
500 m
ALBEDO SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua CGF Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 (MYD10A1F) to present
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 (MYD10A2) to present
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 6 (MYD10A2) -
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61 (MYD10C1) to present
0.05 Deg
0.05 Deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 (MYD10C1) -
0.05 Deg
0.05 Deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61 (MYD10C2) to present
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 (MYD10C2) -
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 61 (MYD10CM) to present
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 6 (MYD10CM) -
0.05 deg
0.05 deg
SNOW EXTENT
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 61 (MYD10_L2) to present
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 6 (MYD10_L2) -
500 m
500 m
SNOW COVER
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km, Version 61 (MYD29) to present
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km, Version 6 (MYD29) -
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day, Version 61 (MYD29E1D) to present
4 km
4 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day, Version 6 (MYD29E1D) -
4 km
4 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 61 (MYD29P1D) to present
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 6 (MYD29P1D) -
1 km
1 km
ICE EXTENT ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night, Version 61 (MYD29P1N) to present
1 km
1 km
ICE TEMPERATURE
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night, Version 6 (MYD29P1N) -
1 km
1 km
ICE TEMPERATURE