MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m NRT

MODIS/Terra Near Real Time (NRT) Snow Cover 5-Min L2 Swath 500m (MOD10_L2) contains snow cover and quality assurance (QA) data, latitudes, and longitudes in HDF-EOS format, along with corresponding metadata. Latitude and longitude geolocation fields are at 5 km resolution, while all other fields are at 500 m resolution. MODIS snow cover data are based on a snow mapping algorithm that employs a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) and other criteria tests.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated August 24, 2026, 18:33 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 17:44 (UTC)
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