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MODIS/Terra Near Real Time (NRT) Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 6
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MODIS/Terra Near Real Time (NRT) Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m (MOD10_L2) contains snow cover and quality assurance (QA) data, latitudes, and longitudes in HDF-EOS format, along with corresponding metadata.
Description
Latitude and longitude geolocation fields are at 5 km resolution, while all other fields are at 500 m resolution. Version 5 (V005) has two separate snow cover fields: one incorporating the original cloud mask, and another using a less cloud-conservative mask.
MODIS/Terra V005 data extend from 24 February 2000 to present. MODIS snow cover data are based on a snow mapping algorithm that employs a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and other criteria tests. The only data available for Version 5 (V005) is the Golden Month, which is a sample of V004 data covering the time period 29 August 2002 (day of year 241) through 7 October 2002 (day of year 280).
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The Golden Month is only available by special request by contacting NSIDC User Services. Please note that NSIDC now has a complete series of Version 5 data, which is the highest version number now available and represents the best quality of data.
Links
Get the data
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/modis-… ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1229626426-LANCEMODIS.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource lance3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data_products ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource nrt3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/6/MOD10_L2 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/modis-terra-near-real-time-nrt-snow-cover-5-min-l2-swa… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/modis/mod10_l2.nrt.006 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=c1311e3f-45e9-4a80-9eb5-58db0b5a5… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience 69%
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Data Portal | c1311e3f-45e9-4a80-9eb5-58db0b5a55eb | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3709 | enrichment · data nasa gov | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 |