MODIS MOD10A2 derived snow persistence and no data index for the western U.S.

• Main Authors: John C. Hammond, Freddy A. Saavedra, Stephanie K. Kampf
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: MODIS; western U.S.; snow; climate change; remote sensing; snow persistence; snow covered index; snow covered area; National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:324ff1824a87e03ee2f8ae5a8cb008fb0a5d165aafec80521a95aac488e90aff

Snow persistence (SP) or the snow cover index (SCI), is the fraction of time that snow is present on the ground for a defined period. No data index (NDI) is the fraction of time that there is no data, cloud, or sensor saturation for the same period. SP and NDI were calculated on a pixel by pixel bas...