Evaluation of MODIS and VIIRS cloud-gap-filled snow-cover products for production of an Earth science data record

Hall, Dorothy K.; Riggs, George A.; DiGirolamo, Nicolo E.; Román, Miguel O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-5227-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-5227-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-5227-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

Research article

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20 Dec 2019

Research article |

| 20 Dec 2019

Evaluation of MODIS and VIIRS cloud-gap-filled snow-cover products for production of an Earth science data record

Dorothy K. Hall, George A. Riggs, Nicolo E. DiGirolamo, and Miguel O. Román

Data sets

MODIS cloud-gap filled snow daily snow cover, 500 m resolution G. A. Riggs and D. K. Hall https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10A1.006

Short summary

Global snow cover maps have been available since 2000 from the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and since 2000 and 2011 from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), respectively. These products are used extensively in hydrological modeling and climate studies. New, daily cloud-gap-filled snow products are available from both MODIS and VIIRS, and are being used to develop an Earth science data record.