MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061

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This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides the maximum snow cover extent (SNE) observed over an eight-day period within 10° x 10° MODIS sinusoidal grid tiles. Tiles are generated by compositing 500 m observations from the 'MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m Grid' data set (DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MYD10A1.061). A bit flag index is used to track the eight-day snow/no-snow chronology for each 500 m cell. The terms "Version 61" and "Collection 6.1" are used interchangeably in reference to this release of MODIS data.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	C1646610247-NSIDC_ECS
issued	2002-07-04
landingPage	https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10A2.061
language	[ "en-US" ]
programCode	[ "026:001" ]
spatial	-180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
temporal	2002-07-04T00:00:00Z/2025-03-17T00:00:00Z
theme	[ "geospatial" ]