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MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent L2 Swath 1km V001

Entry ID: MOD291

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Summary

Abstract: Sea ice products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) include level 2 swath data and level 3
gridded day and night composites, at 1 km resolution. Level 3 products
consist of tiles of data, approximately 1200 km by 1200 km in area,
gridded in a Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area (EASE-Grid) projection. The
sea ice algorithm uses a Normalized Difference Sea Ice Index (NDSI)
and ...

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Description: MODIS Snow and Ice Products at NSIDC DAAC Page

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: G. Riggs, D. Hall, V. Salomonson

Dataset Title: MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent L2 Swath 1km V001

Dataset Release Date: 2001

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/MOD291.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-01-24

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 km
Longitude Resolution: 1 km
Temporal Resolution: 5 minutes

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE

OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT

OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)

Instrument

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

SPECTRORADIOMETERS

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTIC

ARCTIC

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: MOD291

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: MOD291

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp or 8-mm tape

Distribution Size: 20.20 MB and 11.95 MB

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS

Personnel

DOROTHY K. HALL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Mail stop 614.1

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Publications/References

Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). 1996. EOS ground
system (EGS) systems and operations concept. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard
Space Flight Center.

Hall, D.K., A.B. Tait, G.A. Riggs, and
V.V. Salomonson. 1998. Algorithm theoretical basis document (ATBD) for
the MODIS snow-, lake ice- and sea ice-mapping algorithms (Version
4.0). Electronic version is available online at
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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-11-18

Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-06-04

Future DIF Review Date: 2002-01-03

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