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Improved daily MODIS TERRA/AQUA Snow and Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI6.0) data for High Mountain Asia (2002-2019)

The data contains improved daily MODIS Terra/Aqua combined snow-cover merged with Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI6.0) product. This product is generated using MODIS Terra and Aqua daily snow cover products MOD10A1 and MYD10A1 collection 6 (C6), respectively. The data covers High Mountain Asia (HMA) covering latitude 24.32− 49.19 N and Longitude 58.22 - 122.48 E with temporal coverage between 2002 and 2019. The data has daily temporal resolution and 500 m spatial resolution. The product is named as MD10A1GL06 derived from MODIS Terra (MOD) MODIS Aqua (MYD), original product number (10A1) and Glacier (GL), Version 6 (06). The product is described in ordinal date available in GeoTIFF file format as described in the associated Dataset README. For more details about the data, please read the paper associated with this data titled "An improved Terra-Aqua MODIS daily cloud-free snow and Randolph Glacier Inventory 6.0 combined product (MD10A1GL06) for high-mountain Asia between 2002 and 2019" in Earth System Science Data Journal.

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Muhammad, Sher (2020). Dataset: Improved daily MODIS TERRA/AQUA Snow and Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI6.0) data for High Mountain Asia (2002-2019). https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918198

DOI retrieved: 2020

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Field Value
Imported on November 29, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918198
Author Muhammad, Sher
Given Name Sher
Family Name Muhammad
Source Creation 2020
Publication Year 2020
Resource Type text/tab-separated-values - filename: Muhammad_2020b
Subject Areas
Name: Cryosphere

Name: Lithosphere

Related Identifiers
Title: Improved MODIS TERRA/AQUA composite Snow and glacier (RGI6.0) data for High Mountain Asia (2002-2018)
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.901821
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2019
Authors: Muhammad Sher , Thapa Amrit , Muhammad Sher , Thapa Amrit .

Title: An improved Terra-Aqua MODIS snow cover and Randolph Glacier Inventory 6.0 combined product (MOYDGL06*) for high-mountain Asia between 2002 and 2018
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-345-2020
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2020
Source: Earth System Science Data
Authors: Muhammad Sher , Thapa Amrit , Muhammad Sher , Thapa Amrit .

Title: README - Description of M*D10A1GL06 data product
Identifier: https://hs.pangaea.de/sat/MODIS/MODIS-RGI6.0/Muhammad_2020_Dataset_README.txt
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Authors: Muhammad Sher , Thapa Amrit , Muhammad Sher , Thapa Amrit .