Description
MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent 5-Min L2 Swath 1km Near Real Time (NRT), short name MOD29, contains the following fields: sea ice by reflectance, sea ice by reflectance pixel quality assurance (QA), ice surface temperature (IST), IST pixel QA, sea ice by IST, combined sea ice, 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 1 km resolution. The sea ice algorithm uses a Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) modified for sea ice to distinguish sea ice from open ocean, based on reflective and thermal characteristics.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download this dataset through MODAPS | HTML | Access Collection 6 data set from the MODAPS LANCE-MODIS page(download server). | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through LANCE | HTML | NASA LANCE Near Real Time data set descriptions and access links. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through MODAPS | HTML | Direct access to the download site and directory hosting the MOD29 6.1NRT data set. | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |