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Description

This global Level-3 data set provides the percentage of snow-covered land and cloud-covered land observed daily, within 0.05° (approx. 5 km at the equator) MODIS/VIIRS Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) cells. Percentages are computed from snow cover observations in the 'VIIRS/JPSS2 Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid' data set.

Version Description

New data set begins with Version 2

Product Summary

Platforms
JPSS-2 ,
NOAA-21
Instruments
VIIRS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2023-02-10 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Concept ID
C3824913775-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
1275
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
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

Riggs, G. A., & Hall, D. (2026). VIIRS/JPSS2 Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/C4RONGZ0CHHI Date Accessed: 2026-08-14

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