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EASE-Grid Land-Ocean-Coastline-Ice Masks Derived from Boston University MODIS/Terra Land Cover Data, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0607
DOI: 10.5067/YR21Q0Q8IPR6
This is the most recent version of these data.
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Overview

These Land-Ocean-Coastline-Ice (LOCI) files provide land classification masks derived from the Boston University MOD12Q1 V004 MODIS/Terra 1 km Land Cover Product (Friedl et al. 2002). The masks are available in various EASE-Grid azimuthal and global projections, at 12.5 km and 25 km spatial resolutions. The masks are in flat binary, 1 byte files stored by row. Quick-look browse images of the masks are also available in PNG (.png) format.
Parameter(s):
LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
Platform(s):
TERRA
Sensor(s):
MODIS
Data Format(s):
Binary
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 July 2000 to 31 December 2000
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • 12.5 km
  • 12.5 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    0
    S:
    -90
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
  • N:
    90
    S:
    -90
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
  • N:
    90
    S:
    0
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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