MODIS Snow Cover over Europe
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- Visualizations by:
- Cindy Starr
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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. The animation shows the dynamic behavior of the advance and retreat of continental snow cover over Europe for the winter of 2001-02 from MODIS-derived 8-day composite snow maps with a spatial resolution of about 5 km.
Credits
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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Visualizer
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.) [Lead]
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Scientist
- Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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Terra Snow Cover 8-day composite L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C2)
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Terra and Aqua Blue Marble Cloud Cover
ID: 509Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Terra and Aqua Blue Marble Land Cover
ID: 510Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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