Earth ID: 2932

Daily Snow over North America 2002-2003 without Permafrost Map

Visualizations by Cindy Starr Released on December 31, 2004

This animation shows daily snow cover over North America from September 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. The sea ice climatology indicates the average extent of the sea ice during each month.

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, and Mary Jo Brodzik (NSIDC)

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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:

DMSP/SSM/I/Monthly Sea Ice Concentration Climatology

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Terra/MODIS/Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MOD10C1)

2002/09/01 - 2003/06/30

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Seasons
SVS >> Snow Cover
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow
GCMD >> Location >> North America
SVS >> For Educators
SVS >> Seasons >> Vegetation
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