Table · collection · 2021
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km NRT
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/modis/myd29.nrt.061
Description
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km Near Real Time (NRT), short name MYD29, contains the following fields: sea ice by reflectance, sea ice by reflectance pixel quality assurance (QA), ice surface temperature (IST), IST pixel QA, sea ice by IST, combined sea ice, latitudes, and longitudes in HDF-EOS format, along with corresponding metadata. Latitude and longitude geolocation fields are at 5 km resolution, while all other fields are at 1 km resolution.
The sea ice algorithm uses a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) modified for sea ice to distinguish sea ice from open ocean, based on reflective and thermal characteristics.
Links
Get the data
- LANCE MODAPS Data Flow Diagram earthdata.nasa.gov/s3fs-public/2026-04/LANCE_MODAPS_Operational_Data_Flow_Diagram… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2007624533-LANCEMODIS.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2007624533-LANCEMODIS ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- nrt3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov /archive/allData/61/MYD29 ↗
Direct access to the download site and directory hosting the MYD29 6.1NRT data set.
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/modis/near-real-time-data ↗
download · from data nasa gov
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/modis-aqua-sea-ice-extent-5-min-l2-swath-1km-nrt-2ecf1 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/modis/myd29.nrt.061 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2007624533-LANCEMODIS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=9599a6be-21e0-425d-a59d-8745efea6… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2007624533-LANCEMODIS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Earth Observing System, Aqua · Ice Extent · Ice Extent · Ice Temperature · Ice Temperature · Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Oceanography 68%
Provenance · 2 source records, 21 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2007624533-LANCEMODIS | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 9599a6be-21e0-425d-a59d-8745efea6f79 | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3708 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (68%) |
| 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 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:modis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/sea-ice/ice-extent | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/sea-ice/ice-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/sea-ice/ice-extent | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/sea-ice/ice-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:aqua | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |