The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is pleased to announce the publication of two new data sets, the Near Real-Time MODIS/Terra L3 Global Daily 500m SIN Grid Snow Cover, Snow Albedo, and Snow Surface Properties, Version 1 and Historical MODIS/Terra L3 Global Daily 500m SIN Grid Snow Cover, Snow Albedo, and Snow Surface Properties, Version 1. These data sets contain the following parameters: snow fraction (on the ground), viewable snow fraction, snow cover duration, snow grain size, dust concentration, snow albedo (on horizontal surface), snow albedo (on sloped surface), and radiative forcing. All variables are spatially and temporally complete after interpolation. These data are provided in the netCDF-4 format with a Sinusoidal projection and are currently available for the western United States (MODIS tiles h08v04, h08v05, h09v04, h09v05, h10v04).
Data set DOIs:
https://doi.org/10.7265/hs6b-zg21
https://doi.org/10.7265/a3vr-c014