MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061

This global Level-3 (L3) data set provides the maximum snow cover extent observed over an eight-day period within 10° x 10° MODIS sinusoidal grid tiles. Tiles are generated by compositing 500 m observations from the 'MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m Grid' data set (DOI:10.5067/MODIS/MOD10A1.061). A bit flag index is used to track the eight-day snow/no-snow chronology for each 500 m cell.

The terms "Version 61" and "Collection 6.1" are used interchangeably in reference to this release of MODIS data.

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Maintainer	NSIDC Services
Last Updated	July 17, 2025, 15:26 (UTC)
Created	March 31, 2025, 18:01 (UTC)
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citation	MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. Version 61. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10A2.061.
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