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MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5

Entry ID: MYD10A2V5

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Summary

Abstract: The MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MYD10A2) data set contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an eight-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence observations in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format, along with corresponding metadata. MOD10A2 consists of 1200 km by 1200 km tiles of 500 m resolution data gridded ...

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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: G. Riggs, D. Hall, V. Salomonson

Dataset Title: MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5

Dataset Release Date: 2006-12-18

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

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

Version: 5

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/myd10a2v5.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-01-18

Stop Date: 2003-10-24

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 250m
Longitude Resolution: 250m

Science Keywords

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED RADIANCE

SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE RADIANCE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

ADEOS-II > Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II

Instrument

GLI > Global Imager

Ancillary Keywords

ADEOS-2

SATELLITE

Originating Center

JAXA

Data Center

Earth Observation Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan

Data Center URL: http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/en/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAXA EOC USER SERVICES Phone: +81-49-298-1262 Fax: N/A Email: orderdesk at eoc.jaxa.jp Contact Address: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Earth Observation Center City: 1401 NUMANOUE OHASHI HATOYAMA-MACHI Province or State: HIKI-GUN SAITAMA-KEN Postal Code: 350-0302 Country: JAPAN

Distribution

Distribution Media: DVD-R

Distribution Media: Online Download

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-08-21

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-10

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