Name: MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2003-2004 (MOA2004) Image Map, Version 1
Creator: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keywords: SNOW GRAIN SIZE,SURFACE MORPHOLOGY

MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2003-2004 (MOA2004) Image Map, Version 1

Data set id:

NSIDC-0280

DOI: 10.7265/N5ZK5DM5

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Haran, T., Bohlander, J., Scambos, T., Painter, T. & Fahnestock, M. (2005). MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2003-2004 (MOA2004) Image Map. (NSIDC-0280, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. National Snow and Ice Data Center. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5ZK5DM5. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 10-31-2025.

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Scambos, T., Haran, T., Fahnestock, M., Painter, T. & Bohlander, J.. 2007. MODIS-based Mosaic of Antarctica (MOA) data sets: Continent-wide surface morphology and snow grain size. Remote Sensing of Environment. 111. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.020.

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Version Summary

Initial release

Overview

This data set includes two image maps - a snow grain size map and a surface morphology map - provided at two different resolutions of 125 m and 750 m. The maps were produced from composited image swath data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) over Antarctica for the 2003-2004 austral summer season..

Parameter(s):

SNOW GRAIN SIZE

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY

Platform(s):

Aqua

Terra

Sensor(s):

MODIS

Data Format(s):

IMG

Binary

GeoTIFF

ASCII

ENVI

Shapefile

GMT

KML

Temporal Coverage:

1 November 2003 to 17 December 2003
20 November 2003 to 29 February 2004

Temporal Resolution:

Not applicable

Spatial Resolution:

125 m
750 m

125 m
750 m

Spatial Reference System(s):

WGS 84 / Antarctic Polar Stereographic
EPSG:3031

Spatial Coverage:

N:
-60
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180

Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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