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    • VIIRS/JPSS1 Snow Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m V002

    Metadata Updated: April 11, 2025

    This data set reports the location of snow cover using radiance data acquired by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Joint Polar Satellite System's first satellite (JPSS-1). Snow cover is identified using the Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and a series of quality control screens.

    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 July 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 27, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date April 11, 2025
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2317016134-NSIDC_ECS
    Data First Published 2018-01-05
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-03-31
    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 61625a48-edc2-4b9a-b4c0-1231e60fd398
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/JNKFY4XFDHRN
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ee6f8404fc413282b9f39a9dc0e38dab84ebd5d9c64fd8371583360a685ad0da
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2018-01-05T00:00:00Z/2025-03-24T00:00:00Z

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