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MODIS Snow Cover over the Sierra Nevada Mountains

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. The animation shows a time series of MODIS snow-cover maps of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, derived from MODIS-derived daily snow maps with 500-m resolution for the winter and spring of 2001.

This animation shows a time series of snow cover over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California from January to June of 2001.    This animation shows a time series of snow cover over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California from January to June of 2001.
Duration: 741.2 minutes
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This image shows snow cover over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California during the spring of 2001.    This image shows snow cover over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California during the spring of 2001.

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Video slate image reads    Video slate image reads "MODIS Snow Cover over the Sierra Nevada Mountains".

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Animation Number:2488
Completed:2002-06-26
Animator:Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead)
Scientist:Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets:Terra/MODIS
 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 >> Sierra Nevada Mountains
SVS >> Snow
SVS >> Snow Cover
 
 
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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