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Description

The MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m (MOD10_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.

Product Summary

Platforms
Terra
Instruments
MODIS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
500 Meters x 500 Meters
Location
GLOBAL ,
GLOBAL LAND ,
POLAR ,
AFRICA ,
ANTARCTICA ,
ASIA ,
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND ,
EUROPE ,
NORTH AMERICA ,
SOUTH AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2000-02-24 to 2017-01-03
Temporal Resolution
5 Minute
Concept ID
C3024161492-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Snow Cover ,
Snow Cover

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Hall, D., Riggs, G., & Salomonson, V. (2006). MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m, Version 5 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ACYTYZB9BEOS Date Accessed: 2026-07-23

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Possibility of SWE estimation from snow cover extent using the dynamic non-Gaussian snow depletion curve Ohara, Noriaki, Perdigao, Rui A.P. Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Can vegetation breakpoints in Eastern Mongolia rangeland be detected using Sentinel-1 coherence time series data? Ji, Shuxin, Gonchigsumlaa, Ganzorig, Damdindorj, Sugar, Tseren, Tserendavaa, Sharavjamts, Densmaa, Otgondemberel, Amartuvshin, Gurjav, Enkh-Amgalan, Puntsagsuren, Munguntsetseg, Tsabatshir, Batnaran, Gungaa, Tumendemberel, Batbold, Narantsetseg, Drees, Lukas, Ganbayar, Bayarchimeg, Orosoo, Dulamragchaa, Lkhamsuren, Bayartsetseg, Ganbat, Badamtsetseg, Damdinsuren, Myagmarsuren, Gombosuren, Gantogoo, Dashpurev, Batnyambuu, Phan, Thanh Noi, Dejid, Nandintsetseg, Muller, Thomas, Lehnert, Lukas Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Regional fire dynamics and its contributions to carbon flux variability in South Asia Das, Chiranjit, Chatterjee, Abhishek, Kunchala, Ravi Kumar, Liu, Junjie Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Quantification of Critical Thresholds in Soil Moisture and the Leaf Area Index Regulating Aeolian Dust Events: A Sensitivity Analysis of the Response of Aeolian Dust Events to Wind Velocity Variations Xia, Zhishan, Wang, Xuesong, Zhang, Chunlai Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Applications of Snow-Covered Areas from Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) Visible Imagery: A Demonstration in Southeastern New Hampshire Johnston, Jeremy M., Jacobs, Jennifer M., Hunsaker, Adam, Wagner, Cameron, Vardaman, Megan Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Integrating the Interconnections Between Groundwater and Land Surface Maina, Fadji Z., Rosen, Dan, Abbaszadeh, Peyman, Yang, Chen, Kumar, Sujay V., Rodell, Matthew, Maxwell, Reed Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Characteristics, Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Impact of the Western Tibetan Vortex on Springtime Snow Cover Over the Western Tibetan Plateau Wang, Jingzhi, Li, XiaoFeng, Yang, Song, Forsythe, Nathan, Fowler, Hayley J. Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Sensitivity of land-type variations across Canada using S-5p products Bhatnagar, Saheba, Sha, Mahesh Kumar, Silva, Mariana, Gill, Laurence, Langerock, Bavo, Ghosh, Bidisha Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Characterization of non-Gaussianity in the snow distributions of various Ohara, Noriaki, Parsekian, Andrew D., Jones, Benjamin M., Rangel, Rodrigo C., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Perdigao, Rui A. P. Snow Depth, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), VISIBLE IMAGERY, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Development of a multidecadal land reanalysis over High Mountain Asia Maina, Fadji Z., Xue, Yuan, Kumar, Sujay V., Getirana, Augusto, McLarty, Sasha, Appana, Ravi, Forman, Bart, Zaitchik, Ben, Loomis, Bryant, Maggioni, Viviana, Zhou, Yifan Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Characteristics, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Water Budget
Seasonal Snow Cycles and Their Possible Influence on Seismic Velocity Changes and Eruptive Activity at Ruapehu Volcano, New Zealand Yates, Alexander S., Caudron, Corentin, Mordret, Aurelien, Lesage, Philippe, Pinel, Virginie, Lecocq, Thomas, Miller, Craig A., Lamb, Oliver D., Fournier, Nicolas Snow Cover, Snow Cover
A worldwide wolverine distribution model based on late-spring snow cover from 2000-2006 Copeland, Jeffrey P., McKelvey, Kevin S., Aubry, Keith B., Landa, Arild M., Persson, Jens, Inman, Robert M., Krebs, John A., Lofroth, Eric C., Golden, Howard N., Squires, John R., Magoun, Audrey J., Schwartz, Michael K., Wilmot, Jason L., Copeland, Cheryl L., Yates, Richard E., Kojola, Ilpo, May, Roel F. Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Irrigation-driven groundwater depletion in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin decreases the streamflow in the Bay of Bengal Maina, Fadji Z., Getirana, Augusto, Kumar, Sujay V., Saharia, Manabendra, Biswas, Nishan Kumar, McLarty, Sasha, Appana, Ravi Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Uneven global retreat of persistent mountain snow cover alongside mountain warming from ERA5-land Blau, Manuel Tobias, Kad, Pratik, Turton, Jenny V., Ha, Kyung-Ja Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Diverging Trends in Rain-On-Snow Over High Mountain Asia Maina, Fadji Z., Kumar, Sujay V. Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Agriculture intensity and landscape configuration influence the spatial use of wildcats across Europe Ruiz-Villar, Hector, Bastianelli, Matteo Luca, Heurich, Marco, Anile, Stefano, Diaz-Ruiz, Francisco, Ferreras, Pablo, Gotz, Malte, Herrmann, Mathias, Jerosch, Saskia, Jubete, Fernando, Lopez-Martin, Jose Maria, Monterroso, Pedro, Simon, Olaf, Streif, Sabrina, Trinzen, Manfred, Urra, Fermin, Lopez-Bao, Jose Vicente, Palomares, Francisco Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Air pollution reductions caused by the COVID-19 lockdown open up a way to preserve the Himalayan glaciers Fadnavis, Suvarna, Heinold, Bernd, Sabin, T. P., Kubin, Anne, Huang, Katty, Rap, Alexandru, Muller, Rolf Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Investigating sources of variability in closing the terrestrial water balance with remote sensing Michailovsky, Claire I., Coerver, Bert, Mul, Marloes, Jewitt, Graham Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Summary of Ice Jams and Mitigation Techniques in Alaska Giovando, Jeremy, Engel, Chandler, Vandevort, Daniel, Chow, Christina Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Ice Extent, Ice Temperature
The Application of Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management in Data-Scarce Watersheds in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: A Case of Kabul River Basin Akhtar, Fazlullah, Azizi, Abdul Haseeb, Shah, Usman, Borgemeister, Christian, Tischbein, Bernhard, Awan, Usman Khalid Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Development and parameter estimation of snowmelt models using spatial snow-cover observations from MODIS Gyawali, Dhiraj Raj, Bardossy, Andras Albedo, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Recent and future changes in water resources in the Alpes. Results of a spatially distributed hydrological model on the Isere catchment Le Lay, Matthieu, Brenot, Agnes, Gailhard, Joel, Bernard, Pierre Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Annual and interannual dynamics of snow cover on the upper basin of the Colorado River (Argentina) and its relation with streamflows Aumassanne, Carolina Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Application of hydrological model to assess river flow in the transboundary cryosphere and data-scarce watershed, a case study: Chitral-Kabul river basin (C-KRB) in ... Azzam, Abdullah, Zhang, Wanchang, Shahid, Muhammad Adnan, Elbeltagi, Ahmed Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Irrigation and warming drive the decreases in surface albedo over High Mountain Asia Maina, Fadji Z., Kumar, Sujay V., Gangodagamage, Chandana Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
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