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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: 2026-08-24

Documents

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Snow observations in Mount Lebanon (20112016) Fayad, Abbas, Gascoin, Simon, Faour, Ghaleb, Fanise, Pascal, Drapeau, Laurent, Somma, Janine, Fadel, Ali, Al Bitar, Ahmad, Escadafal, Richard Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Comparing the satellite image transformation techniques for detecting and monitoring the continuous snow cover and glacier in Cilo mountain chain Turkey Satir, Onur Snow Cover, Snow Cover
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