Previous Animation Next Animation Aqua MODIS: Snow Cover designed for Science on a Sphere (SOS) and WMS The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides data in 36 spectral bands, some of which are used to map global snow cover. However, MODIS can only take measurements of the surface in daylight, cloud-free areas. For this animation, valid snowcover measurements are retained over time during darkness or cloudy days until a subsequent valid measurement is found. This animation shows the dynamic advance and retreat of MODIS daily snow cover from September 1, 2002 through September 20, 2008.    This animation shows a time series of global snow cover from 2002/09/01 through 2008/09/20. Available formats:   4000x2000 (30 fps) Frames   320x160     PNG           43 KB   160x80       PNG           12 KB   80x40         PNG           3 KB How to play our movies Animation Number: 3565 Completed: 2008-12-18 Animators: Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead)   Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) Video Editor: Victoria Weeks (HTSI) Producer: Michael Starobin (HTSI) Scientist: Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Aqua/MODIS   Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Land Cover Data Collected: 2002/09/01 - 2008/09/20 Series: Science On a Sphere   SoS Production - FROZEN Keywords: DLESE >> Cryology GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Sea Ice >> Ice Temperature GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Cover GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Cover     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top

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