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  - context: dataset
    lexicon: nsidc
    term: oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0321
    url: http://nsidc.org/api/dataset/2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dif&identifier=oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0321
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cite_metadata: ~
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Data Archive : National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4440.yaml
    id: 4440
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      identifier: national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
      name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://nsidc.org/daac
    organization_uri: /organization/national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
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    role_type_identifier: data_archive
    uri: /contributor/4440
data_qualifier: ~
description: 'This data set comprises global, 8-day Snow-Covered Area (SCA) and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) data from 2000 through 2008. Global SWE data are derived from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) and are enhanced with MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day Level 3 Global 0.05 degree Climate Modeling Grid (CMG) data. Global data are gridded to the Northern and Southern 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids). These data are suitable for continental-scale time-series studies of snow cover and snow water equivalent. The data are in netCDF data files and PNG browse image files available via FTP.'
description_attribution: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0046.html
display_name: Global EASE-Grid 8-day Blended SSM/I and MODIS Snow Cover
doi: 10.5067/KIGGFNVROX9V
end_time: 2008-02-01T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-0321.yaml
identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-0321
instrument_measurements:
  - dataset_identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-0321
    display_name: terra/moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer/nasa-nsidcdaac-0321
    instrument_identifier: moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer
    platform_identifier: terra
    type: instrument_measurement
lat_max: 0
lat_min: -90
lon_max: 180
lon_min: -180
name: Global EASE-Grid 8-day Blended SSM/I and MODIS Snow Cover
native_id: NSIDC-0321
parents: []
processing_level: ~
publication_year: ~
references: []
release_dt: 2007-12-05T00:00:00
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scope: ~
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start_time: 2000-03-05T00:00:00
temporal_extent: ~
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type: dataset
uri: /dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-0321
url: http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0321
variables: ~
version: ~
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