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MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 4

Entry ID: MOD10_L2

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Summary

Abstract: MODIS/Terra 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. Latitude and longitude geolocation fields are at 5 km resolution, while all other fields are at 500 m resolution. Version 4 (V004) has two separate snow cover fields: one incorporating the original cloud mask, and ...

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Description: MODIS Data at NSIDC

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Hall, D.K., G. A. Riggs, and V. V. Salomonson

Dataset Title: MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 4

Dataset Release Date: 2000-09-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Version: 4

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/mod10_l2.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-02-24

Stop Date: 2006-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > BIOMASS BURNING

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE

LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER > LAND USE CLASSES

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > RECLAMATION/REVEGETATION/RESTORATION

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

BIOTA

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Instrument

Cameras

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

LBA-ECO > NASA's Component of the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia

Ancillary Keywords

DBH

BIOMASS

TREE HEIGHT

TROPICAL FORESTS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 1118

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA