Snow Covered Area

The Snow Covered Area product is based on a Normalized Difference Snow Index(NDSI), which is similar to NDVI, but exploits different bands in the equation (Equation 3),namely Green (Band 4) and Short Wavelength Near-infrared (SWNIR, Band 6).

It isimportant to note that the Band 6 sensor on MODIS Aqua malfunctioned shortly after launch,so Snow Covered Area from the Aqua sensor is calculated using Bands 3 and 7.

This mayintroduce errors in identifying snow in vegetated areas, as the use of Band 7 results in falsesnow detection. For this reason the MODIS Terra product has been provided for the CAFF-system.

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MOD10CM
Date (Publication)
2014-12-16
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https://geo.abds.is/geonetwork/26975017-3375-42d3-bca0-d78adceadaa1
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http://geo.abds.is:8081/geonetwork26975017-3375-42d3-bca0-d78adceadaa1
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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

abds@caff.is

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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF www.caff.is) working group of the Arctic Council
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

abds@caff.is

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Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular
Keywords

  • snow cover

  • CAFF
Keywords

  • MOD10CM

  • NDSI

  • remote sensing

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Hydrography

  • Orthoimagery

  • Land cover
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2019_SnowCoveredArea

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 		https://abds.is/index.php/indices/land-cover-change-index-edocman
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2026-02-19T17:50:38.227673179Z
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1.2
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Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

abds@caff.is

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MOD10CM NDSI remote sensing
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Hydrography Land cover Orthoimagery


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