Earth  ID: 2487

MODIS Snow Cover over North America

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on July 4, 2002
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".

Visualization Credits

Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Terra/MODIS/Snow Cover 8-day composite L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C2)
10/16/2001 to 04/23/2002
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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Land Cover
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble Cloud Cover
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Snow Cover
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow
GCMD >> Location >> North America
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0