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    • MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides monthly mean snow cover extent within 0.05° (approx. 5 km) MODIS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) cells. This data set is derived from snow cover observations in the 'MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG’ data set (DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MOD10C1.061).

    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 December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 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 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1646609754-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2000-03-01
    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 750a8f29-1ba5-4243-b6a0-becd32dac053
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10CM.061
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b61bf9cd82eb0f0e061df4d7a7901e7a45c71e2da3f6f86b6569f59aee405681
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z/2025-03-10T00:00:00Z

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