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MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2025

This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides the percentage of snow-covered land and cloud-covered land observed daily, within 0.05° (approx. 5 km) MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) cells. Percentages are computed from snow cover observations in the 'MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m Grid' data set (DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MYD10A1.061).

The terms "Version 61" and "Collection 6.1" are used interchangeably in reference to this release of MODIS data.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date March 24, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date March 24, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2025
Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C3091262825-NSIDC_CPRD
Data First Published 2002-07-04
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10C1.061
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 026:001
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash c30db8ed36a0f022d7aa5f4782163f4e7d29970f793b159447938917c1b1e735
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z/2025-03-24T00:00:00Z

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