Earth  ID: 3934

North America Snow Cover Maps

Visualizations by Helen-Nicole Kostis Released on April 7, 2012
This entry contains Snow Cover Maps for Norh America with statelines, using the MODIS Cloud-gap-filled (CGF) Product at ~25-km resolution. The MODIS CGF product seeks to provide clear snow observations by filling cloudy areas on a given day with clear observations from previous days.The usual source for this product is the MOD10C1 MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 5 and a variant has been coded that can use MOD10A1 MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5 as source.

Maps are provided for various dates for 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, to compare snow cover between years.

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Snow Cover Map of North America with US statelines on March 5, 2012.
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Snow Cover Layer of North America on March 5, 2012 (with transparency)
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Snow Cover Map of North America with US statelines on January 22, 2012.
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Snow Cover Layer of North America on January 22, 2012 (with transparency).
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Snow Cover Map of North America with US statelines on March 3, 2011.
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Snow Cover Layer of North America on March 3, 2011 (with transparency).
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Snow Cover Map of North America with US statelines on February 1, 2010.
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Snow Cover Layer of North America on February 1, 2010 (with transparency).
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Snow Cover Map of North America with US statelines on February 1, 2006.
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Snow Cover Layer of North America February 1, 2006 (with transparency).
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Layer of United States borders and statelines (with transparency).
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Blue Marble of North America layer.
 

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Visualization Credits

Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Lead Animator
Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Malissa Reyes (USRA): Producer
Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jeffrey A. Miller (Wyle Information Systems): Scientist
Ellen T. Gray (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Writer
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Mission:
Terra

Data Used:
Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG
Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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Terra/MODIS/Bathymetry
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Terra/MODIS/Cloud-gap-filled MODIS daily snow-cover product also referred to as: MODIS Cloud-gap-filled (CGF) Product
Data Compilation
The MODIS CGF product seeks to provide clear snow observations by filling cloudy areas on a given day with clear observations from previous days. The usual source data for this product is the MOD10C1 MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG, Version 5 and a variant has been coded that can use MOD10A1 MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m Grid, Version 5 as source.
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Cryology
SVS >> Seasons
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Cover
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow/Ice Temperature
GCMD >> Location >> North America
SVS >> MODIS
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