{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["026:00"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Earthdata Forum", "hasEmail": "mailto:earthdata-support@nasa.gov"}, "description": "The MODIS/Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m (MYD10_L2) data set contains snow cover and Quality Assessment (QA) data, latitudes and longitudes in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) format, and corresponding metadata. Latitude and longitude geolocation fields are at 5 km resolution while all other fields are at 500 m resolution. Version 5 (V005), the latest version of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data available has two separate snow fields. The first field, snow cover, classifies each cloud-free land or inland water body pixel as snow-covered or snow-free, the second field, fractional snow cover, provides the percent of snow cover within each pixel for land and inland water bodies. MODIS snow cover data are based on a snow mapping algorithm that employs a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and other criteria tests.   Data are stored in HDF-EOS format, and are available from 4 July 2002 to present. Data can also be obtained in GeoTIFF format by ordering the data through the Data Pool.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "conformsTo": "http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi", "description": "The metadata's original source.", "downloadURL": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1229626387-LANCEMODIS.iso19115", "format": "ISO", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "http://lance3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data_products/", "format": "BIN", "mediaType": "application/octet-stream"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/download-nrt-data/modis-nrt", "format": "BIN", "mediaType": "application/octet-stream"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://nrt3.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/6/MYD10_L2/", "format": "BIN", "mediaType": "application/octet-stream"}], "identifier": "10.5067/MODIS/MYD10_L2.NRT.006", "keyword": ["earth-science-snow-ice-cryosphere-lake-ice", "earth-science-snow-ice-cryosphere-snow-cover", "earth-science-snow-ice-terrestrial-hydrosphere-lake-ice", "earth-science-snow-ice-terrestrial-hydrosphere-snow-cover"], "license": "https://www.usa.gov/government-works", "modified": "2026-08-10", "programCode": ["026:000"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "NASA/GSFC/EOS/ESDIS/LANCEMODIS;NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/MODAPS"}, "spatial": "[\"CARTESIAN\", [{\"WestBoundingCoordinate\": -180.0, \"NorthBoundingCoordinate\": 90.0, \"EastBoundingCoordinate\": 180.0, \"SouthBoundingCoordinate\": -90.0}]]", "theme": ["Earth Science"], "title": "MODIS/Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 006"}