MODIS Sea Ice and Ice Surface Temperature

Overview

These Level 2 and 3 products provide sea ice IST, or ice surface temperture, at 1-km (Level 2) and 0.5° (Level 3) resolutions over the global oceans. In addition, a quality-assessment parameter is included for each pixel. The Level 2 product is produced daily and consists of global day and night coverage every 24 hours.

 



Product Information

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• Validated Stage: Stage 2

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ATBD

• DOI: Hall, D. K. and G. A. Riggs. 2015. MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km. Version 6. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD29.006


All MODIS Sea Ice DOI's can be found at NSIDC: https://nsidc.org/data/modis/data_summaries



Product Details

 

Product Name Terra
Prod ID/
DAAC Link
Aqua
Prod ID/
DAAC Link
MODIS Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km MOD29 MYD29
MODIS Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day MOD29P1D MYD29P1D
MODIS Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Night MOD29P1N MYD29P1N
MODIS Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid MOD10A2 MYD10A2
MODIS Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG MOD10C2 MYD10C2
MODIS/Aqua Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day MOD29E1D MYD29E1D

 

 

 

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