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    • MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m V061

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    This global Level-2 (L2) data set provides daily snow cover detected using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and a series of screens designed to alleviate errors and flag uncertain snow cover detections. The NDSI is derived from radiance data acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the Terra satellite: DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MOD02HKM.061 and DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MOD021KM.061. Each data granule contains 5 minutes of swath data observed at a resolution of 500 m.

    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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1646610394-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2000-02-24
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id c55fc05a-b55b-41d5-8392-efd415040076
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10_L2.061
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0d0bc8ec33eed13fe9861fb0dc5387930004d27eacd2633bef2306eb05469478
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z/2025-03-24T00:00:00Z

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