MOD10A2.061 Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m

MODIS/061/MOD10A2
Dataset Availability
2000-02-18T00:00:00Z–2025-01-17T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/061/MOD10A2")

Description

MOD10A2 is a snow cover dataset from the MODIS on the Terra satellite. The dataset reports the maximum snow cover extent during an eight-day period at the resolution of 500 m.

An eight-day compositing period was chosen because that is the exact ground track repeat period of the Terra and Aqua platforms. Snow cover over eight days is mapped as maximum snow extent in one SDS and as a chronology of observations in the other SDS. Eight-day periods begin on the first day of the year and extend into the next year. The product can be produced with two to eight days of input. There may not always be eight days of input, because of various reasons, so the user should check the attributes to determine on what days observations were obtained.

Bands

Pixel Size
500 meters

Bands

Name Min Max Description
Maximum_Snow_Extent 0 255

Maximum snow extent observed over an eight-day period.
Eight_Day_Snow_Cover

Snow chronology bit flags for each day in the eight-day observation period.

Maximum_Snow_Extent Class Table

Value Color Description
0 Missing data
1 No decision
11 Night
25 No snow
37 Lake
39 Ocean
50 Cloud
100 Lake ice
200 Snow
254 Detector saturated

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

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Citations

Citations:

  • Hall, D. K., V. V. Salomonson, and G. A. Riggs. 2016. MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m Grid. Version 6. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center.

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/061/MOD10A2')
  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2023-01-01', '2023-12-01'))
  .select('Maximum_Snow_Extent');

var visualization = {
  min: 50.0,
  max: 200.0,
  palette: [
    '000000',
    '0dffff',
    '0524ff',
    'ffffff'
  ]
};


Map.setCenter(-3.69, 65.99, 4);

Map.addLayer(dataset.mean(), visualization, 'Maximum_Snow_Extent');
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MOD10A2 is a snow cover dataset from the MODIS on the Terra satellite. The dataset reports the maximum snow cover extent during an eight-day period at the resolution of 500 m. An eight-day compositing period was chosen because that is the exact ground track repeat period of the Terra and …
MODIS/061/MOD10A2, daily,geophysical,global,modis,nasa,nsidc,snow,terra
2000-02-18T00:00:00Z/2025-01-17T00:00:00Z
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