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FY3A Monthly MULSS Snow Cover level 3 Product

Entry ID: FY-3A_MULSS_SNC_monthly_L3

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Summary

Abstract: Monthly MULSS Snow Cover Product:

The monthly products of snow cover over land from MULSS are globally divided geographic longitude/latitude projected blocks of 10×10 degrees with a resolution of 0.01deg. Each grid point contains the mark of snowpack or non-snowpack and the corresponding quality assessment.

Purpose: Monthly MULSS Snow Cover Product:

The snow cover product can be used for monitor of snow disaster, numerical simulator forecast and analysis of climate change.

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Link: GET DATA

Description: FENGYUN Satellite Data Center

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: China Meteorological Administration(CMA) National Satellite and Meteorological Center(NSMC)

Dataset Title: Monthly MULSS Snow Cover Product

Dataset Release Date: 2008-05-29

Dataset Release Place: Beijing, China

Online Resource: http://fy3.satellite.cma.gov.cn/ArssEn/Ord/Satellite.aspx?seriesCod...

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
AMBS

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2011-02-14

Stop Date: 2011-03-13

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA FLOOR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Platform

R/V LMG > R/V Laurence M. Gould

Instrument

GPS > Global Positioning System

Project

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

AMBS > Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry & Geophysical Synthesis

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

COLUMBIA/LDEO/MGDS

Data Center

Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

Data Center URL: http://www.marine-geo.org/
Dataset ID: LMG1102

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DATA MANAGER Email: info at marine-geo.org Contact Address: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 61 Route 9W City: Palisades Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10964 Country: USA