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MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V004 4 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2007-01-03

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2, HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V004 4 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2007-01-03

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2, HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V005 5 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2017-01-02

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V005 5 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2017-01-02

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 6 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2023-02-17

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V007 7 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS5
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 61 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 61 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V005 5 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2016-12-31

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V005 5 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2016-12-31

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 6 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2023-01-31

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V007 7 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS5
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 61 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 61 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
Multilayer Greenland Ice Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo, and Water Vapor from MODIS V001 1 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2021-08-31

N: 84 S: 58 E: 12 W: -94

0.78 Kilometers x 0.78 Kilometers netCDF-4
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_D) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to 2016-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
Near-Real-Time AMSR2 EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V001 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2024-01-01 to Present

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS4, HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-05-04 to 2009-09-11

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V002 2 DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-05-04 to 2009-09-11

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V003 3 DMSP 5D-3/F16 SSMIS 2012-01-01 to 2026-01-16

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V004 4 DMSP 5D-3/F17 SSMIS 2009-08-17 to 2026-01-16

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V005 5 DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2016-12-01 to 2026-01-16

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
NIVAL Mores Creek Summit Snow Depth, Canopy Height, and DTM from Airborne LiDAR V001 1 HELICOPTER LIDAR 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-04

N: 43.9748 S: 43.91365 E: -115.64244 W: -115.7305

GeoTIFF
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution V001 (NHSNOWM) at GES DISC 001 GOES AVHRR 2000-01-01 to 2014-11-30

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2021-04-15

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

HDF-EOS5
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AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
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