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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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Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

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

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER > GROUND WATER DISCHARGE/FLOW

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

Platform

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Instrument

CAMERAS

Quality This dataset was originally compiled from 1:45000 scale aerial photography flown on 2/11/1994 (film ANTC 1011) and 10/4/1996 (film ANTC1030).
The photography was done using a Zeiss UMK camera.

The value tests for the dataset included a test for spatial accuracy and data completeness, including line and polygon errors.
The layers were also checked to ensure that they ...

Access Constraints The data are available for download at the provided URLs.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Aerial Photography

Vestfold Hills

GIS

Topography

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Format: shapefiles

Fees: Free

Personnel

URSULA HARRIS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6232 3519

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: metadata at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

DAVID T. SMITH

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3577

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: gis at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-02-22

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