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The Winter of 2013 – 2014: A Cold, Snowy and Icy Winter in North America
This animation shows the snow cover over North America during the 2013-2014 winter as well as the ice concentration over the Great Lakes. The date and a graph showing the percent of ice cover over the Great Lakes and Lake Superior is shown on this version. file size is 5.2 MB
Snow Cover & Sea Ice Animation
This animation shows the advance and retreat of daily snow cover along with daily sea ice surface temperature globally from September 2002 through May 2003. file size is 31MB
Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet During the Summer of 2005
This animation shows daily surface temperature of the Greenland ice sheet from May 1 through September 1, 2005. An overlay contains a date bar, a color bar and text labels. file size is 14MB
Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over the North Pole
This animation shows the daily advance and retreat of snow cover, and sea ice surface temperature over the North Pole during the winter of 2002-2003. file size is 31MB
Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over North America
This animation shows the daily advance and retreat of snow cover, and sea ice surface temperature over North America during the winter of 2002-2003. file size is 15MB
Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over Europe
This animation shows the daily advance and retreat of snow cover, and sea ice surface temperature over Europe during the winter of 2002-2003. file size is 31MB
Daily Snow and Sea Ice Temperature over Asia
This animation shows the daily advance and retreat of snow cover, and sea ice surface temperature over Asia during the winter of 2002-2003. file size is 7MB
The MODIS Snow/Ice
Global Mapping Project : LINKS
Satellite and Instrumentation Links:
Data and Data Ordering Links:
- NASA GSFC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- The HDF Group Website
Information, Support, and Software from the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) Group of NCSA. - Validation & Quality Assurance
MODIS Land Team Validation.
Related Research: Other Operational Snow Maps
- NOAA Operational Daily Snow Cover Analysis
- National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) Technology
- Famine Early Warning System Network
Snow and Ice Related Links:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- Rutgers University Global Snow Lab: Snow Data Resource Center
- NASA's Earth Observatory
- Earth Sciences Portal at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Cryospheric Sciences at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Hydrological Sciences at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- NOAA's National Ice Center snow-mapping center
