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Description

This data set contains daily 'cloud-free' snow cover produced from the VIIRS/JPSS-2 Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid, Version 2 snow cover product. A cloud-gap-filled algorithm is utilized to replace ‘cloud-covered’ pixels with ‘cloud-free pixels’ for the purpose of estimating the snow cover that may exist under current cloud cover. The data are provided daily and mapped to a 375 m sinusoidal grid.

Version Description

New data set begins with Version 2

Product Summary

Platforms
JPSS-2 ,
NOAA-21
Instruments
VIIRS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
375 Meters x 375 Meters
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2023-02-10 to Present
Concept ID
C3824913325-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
355453
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Snow Cover

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Riggs, G. A., & Hall, D. (2026). VIIRS/JPSS2 CGF Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/YAWW1AIS887J Date Accessed: 2026-01-31

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