MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m V061
This global Level-2 (L2) data set provides daily snow cover detected using Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and a series of screens designed to alleviate errors and flag uncertain snow cover detections. The NDSI is derived from radiance data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Aqua satellite: DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MYD02HKM.061 and DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MYD021KM.061. Each data granule contains 5 minutes of swath data observed at a resolution of 500 m. The terms "Version 61" and "Collection 6.1" are used interchangeably in reference to this release of MODIS data.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: HDF-EOS2 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Aqua | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS | Instrument(s): | MODIS |
| Version: | 61 | ||
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- Title: MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m V061
- Version: 61
- Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
10.5067/MODIS/MYD10_L2.061
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10_L2.061, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.
Collection Information
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Purpose
Scientific Research - Search for granules from this collection
Data Identification
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Processing Level
Level 2
Derived geophysical variables
- Quality
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Collection Progress
Planned
Related URLs
Other Descriptive Keywords
ISO Topic Categories
- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Additional Attributes
- Name: GRANULENUMBER INT Description: The number of the granule for the day starting at midnight. Example: The granule from 00:00:00 to 00:00:05 will be granule number 1. The granule from 00:01:00 to 00:01:05 will be granule number 13
- Name: PROCESSVERSION STRING Description: Version of the process software that generated the product.
- Name: QAPERCENTGOODQUALITY INT Description: Percent of pixels with good quality
- Name: QAPERCENTOTHERQUALITY INT Description: Percent of pixels with not so good quality
- Name: SNOWCOVERPERCENT INT Description: Percent of granule that was identified as snow covered; % based on area of granule (swath or tile).
- Name: identifier_product_doi STRING Description: Digital object identifier that uniquely identifies this data product
- Name: identifier_product_doi_authority STRING Description: URL of the digital object identifier resolving authority
Acquisition Information
Temporal Information
Spatial Information
Gridded Resolutions
Gridded Resolution 1
X Dimension500 Meters
Y Dimension500 Meters
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | GEODETIC |
Resolution and Coordinate System
Horizontal Data Resolution
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
Data Centers
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NASA NSIDC DAAC
ARCHIVER-
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NASA NSIDC DAAC
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS
PROCESSORThis data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS
ORIGINATORThis data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Data Contacts
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NSIDC Services
Technical ContactNSIDC Services
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CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
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Dorothy Hall
Technical ContactDorothy Hall
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Mail stop 614.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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George Riggs
Technical ContactGeorge Riggs
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Code 614.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
1 301 614 5650
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NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
User ServicesNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
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Boulder, Colorado
This contact does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: HDF-EOS2
Format Type: Native
Format Description: HTTPS
File Distribution Information
There is no direct distribution information for this collection.