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Dietz, Andreas and Rößler, Sebastian (2025) Brief communication: Daily, gap-free snow cover information based on a combination of NPP VIIRS and MODIS data. The Cryosphere, 19 (9), pp. 3873-3877. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/tc-19-3873-2025. ISSN 1994-0416.
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Abstract
Combining Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) snow cover data and applying cloud- and data gap interpolation steps can be utilized to generate daily, gap-free snow cover information. Provided by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) under the name “Global SnowPack”, this product has undergone several improvements, comprising the inclusion of VIIRS, a new threshold for the Normalized Difference Snow index (NDSI), and considerable validation. The Global SnowPack offers unique opportunities for analyzing time series of snow cover data since September 2000 and is freely available for visualization and download from DLRs GeoService
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| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||
| Additional Information: | Gefördert durch das Polar Monitor 2 Projekt | ||||||||||||
| Title: | Brief communication: Daily, gap-free snow cover information based on a combination of NPP VIIRS and MODIS data | ||||||||||||
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| Date: | 16 September 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Cryosphere | ||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Volume: | 19 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.5194/tc-19-3873-2025 | ||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3873-3877 | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Copernicus Publications | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1994-0416 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Snow, Snow Cover, GeoService, Global SnowPack, MODIS, VIIRS | ||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Remote Sensing and Geo Research | ||||||||||||
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | German Remote Sensing Data Center > Land Surface Dynamics | ||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Dietz, Dr. Andreas | ||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 23 Sep 2025 09:40 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2025 09:40 |
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