National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-nsidcdaac-0321

Global EASE-Grid 8-day Blended SSM/I and MODIS Snow Cover

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.

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http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0321

Identified by : NSIDC-0321

This dataset was released on December 05, 2007.

The time range for this dataset is March 05, 2000 to February 01, 2008.

The spatial range for this dataset is -90° to 0° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the moderate-resolution-imaging-spectroradiometer instrument on the terra platform.
DOI : 10.5067/KIGGFNVROX9V
Also known as :

• dataset oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0321 (nsidc lexicon)