MODIS Snow Cover over North America
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides data in 36 spectral bands, some of which are used in an algorithm to map global snow cover. In this animation, a time series of global snow cover from MODIS-derived 8-day composite snow maps with a spatial resolution of about 5 km shows the dynamic behavior of the advance and retreat of continental snow cover over North America during the winter of 2001-02.
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This animation shows the dynamic behavior of the advance and retreat of continental snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere for the winter of 2001-02.
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This image shows the continental snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter of 2001-02.
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Video slate image reads "MODIS Snow Cover over North America during the Winter of 2001-2002".
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| Animation Number: | 2487 |
| Completed: | 2002-06-26 |
| Animator: | Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead) |
| Scientist: | Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC) |
| Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: | Terra/MODIS
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| | Terra/MODIS/Snow Cover 8-day composite L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C2) |
| | Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Cloud Cover |
| | Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Land Cover |
| Data Collected: | 10/16/2001 to 04/23/2002 |
| Video: | SVS2002-0025 * |
Keywords:
DLESE
>> Cryology
SVS
>> Snow
SVS
>> Snow Cover
GCMD
>> Location
>> North America
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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. Snow Data Preparation was done by The MODIS Snow & Ice Team, Janet Y. L. Chien. Blue Marble data courtesy of Reto Stockli.
Technical Assistance from the following SVS team members: Randall Jones, Kevin Mahoney, Marte Newcombe, Tom Bridgman, Lori Perkins, Gregory Shirah, Eric Sokolowsky, James Williams. |
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