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Description

This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides a daily composite of snow cover and albedo derived from the 'MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m' data set (DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MOD10_L2.061). Each data granule is a 10°x10° tile projected to a 500 m sinusoidal grid.

The terms "Version 61" and "Collection 6.1" are used interchangeably in reference to this release of MODIS data.

Version Description

1. The low visible reflectance screen for snow cover using bands 2 and 4 was lowered from 0.10 to 0.07. 2. Cloud mask algorithm flags are set for 'probably cloudy' and 'probably clear' sky conditions in the algorithm flags QA data set.

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
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2000-02-24 to Present
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Concept ID
C2565093311-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
2917010
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Albedo ,
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. K., & Riggs, G. A. (2021). MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 61 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10A1.061 Date Accessed: 2026-08-24

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Establishing a Series of Dust Event Case Studies for East Asia Letcher, Theodore, Sparrow, Kent, LeGrand, Sandra Snow Cover, Albedo, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance
Global Snow Seasonality Regimes from Satellite Records of Snow Cover Johnston, Jeremy, Jacobs, Jennifer M., Cho, Eunsang Snow Cover, Albedo
BI or IB: Which Better Generates High Spatiotemporal Resolution NDSI by Fusing Sentinel-2A/B and MODIS Data? Dong, Linxin, Zhou, Haixi, Xu, Jiahui, Tang, Yao, Teng, Xiaolong, Ni, Jingwen, Yu, Bailang, Wu, Jianping, Huang, Yan Reflectance, Albedo, Snow Cover
Assessment of the spatial extent of permafrost in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) Hassan, Wasim, Jeelani, G., Dimri, A. P., Nusser, Marcus Albedo, Snow Cover
Impact of seasonal snowcover change on the observed and simulated state of the atmospheric boundary layer in a highaltitude mountain valley Adler, Bianca, Wilczak, James M., Bianco, Laura, Bariteau, Ludovic, Cox, Christopher J., de Boer, Gijs, Djalalova, Irina V., Gallagher, Michael R., Intrieri, Janet M., Meyers, Tilden P., Myers, Timothy A., Olson, Joseph B., Pezoa, Sergio, Sedlar, Joseph, Smith, Elizabeth, Turner, David D., White, Allen B. Albedo, Snow Cover
High-frequency time series comparison of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites for mapping open and vegetated water across the United States (20172021) Vanderhoof, Melanie K., Alexander, Laurie, Christensen, Jay, Solvik, Kylen, Nieuwlandt, Peter, Sagehorn, Mallory Albedo, Snow Cover
Land Surface Modeling in the Himalayas: On the Importance of Evaporative Buri, Pascal, Fatichi, Simone, Shaw, Thomas E., Miles, Evan S., McCarthy, Michael J., Fyffe, Catriona L., Fugger, Stefan, Ren, Shaoting, Kneib, Marin, Jouberton, Achille, Steiner, Jakob, Fujita, Koji, Pellicciotti, Francesca Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo, Snow Cover
Potential of GNSS-R for the Monitoring of Lake Ice Phenology Ghiasi, Yusof, Duguay, Claude R., Murfitt, Justin, Asgarimehr, Milad, Wu, Yuhao Albedo, Snow Cover
Ice phenology dataset reconstructed from remote sensing and modelling for lakes over the Tibetan Plateau Wu, Yanhong, Guo, Linan, Zhang, Bing, Zheng, Hongxing, Fan, Lanxin, Chi, Haojing, Li, Junsheng, Wang, Shenglei Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Albedo, Snow Cover
Pan-Alpine glacier phenology reveals lowering albedo and increase in ablation season length Di Mauro, Biagio, Fugazza, Davide Albedo, Snow Cover
Optimization of snow-related parameters in the Noah land surface model (v3. 4.1) using a micro-genetic algorithm (v1. 7a) Lim, Sujeong, Gim, Hyeon-Ju, Lee, Ebony, Lee, Seungyeon, Lee, Won Young, Lee, Yong Hee, Cassardo, Claudio, Park, Seon Ki Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
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