Accuracy assessment of the MODIS snow products

A suite of Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow products at various spatial and temporal resolutions from the Terra satellite has been available since February 2000. Standard products include daily and 8‐day composite 500 m resolution swath and tile products (which include frac...

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Published in:Hydrological processes 2007-06, Vol.21 (12), p.1534-1547
Main Authors: Hall, Dorothy K., Riggs, George A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aqua
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Hydrology. Hydrogeology
MODIS
snow covered area
snow products
Terra
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Summary:A suite of Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow products at various spatial and temporal resolutions from the Terra satellite has been available since February 2000. Standard products include daily and 8‐day composite 500 m resolution swath and tile products (which include fractional snow cover (FSC) and snow albedo), and 0·05° resolution products on a climate‐modelling grid (CMG) (which also include FSC). These snow products (from Collection 4 (C4) reprocessing) are mature and most have been validated to varying degrees and are available to order through the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The overall absolute accuracy of the well‐studied 500 m resolution swath (MOD10_L2) and daily tile (MOD10A1) products is ∼93%, but varies by land‐cover type and snow condition. The most frequent errors are due to snow/cloud discrimination problems, however, improvements in the MODIS cloud mask, an input product, have occurred in ‘Collection 5’ reprocessing. Detection of very thin snow (
ISSN:0885-6087
1099-1085
DOI:10.1002/hyp.6715