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Modis Sea Ice extent and temperature

There are multiple Modis products. An overview is available here.

MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 6​

Product ID MOD29P1D: daily 1 km resolution sea ice extent, ice surface temperature, and quality assessment data gridded to the Equal Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid).

Citation​

Hall, D. K. and G. A. Riggs. 2015. MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day, Version 6. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD29P1D.006. [Date Accessed]

Data access​

Data is available at https://nsidc.org/data/MOD29P1D/versions/6

Use Earth-data login details.

There is an option for a using a download script in python.

Data download and preparation​

source ~/proyectos/CES/cesdata/env/project-env.sh


DPATH=cryosphere/global
DNAME=Modis-MOD10C2

mkdir -p $GISDATA/$DPATH/$DNAME/
cd $GISDATA/$DPATH/$DNAME/

mv ~/Downloads/nsidc-download_MOD29P1D.006_2020-02-22.py $GISDATA/sensores/Modis_SeaIce


mkdir -p $GISDATA/cryosphere/global/Modis-MOD10C2/
cd $GISDATA/cryosphere/global/Modis-MOD10C2/
## scp nsidc-download_MOD10C2.006_2021-03-29.py $zID@kdm.restech.unsw.edu.au:/srv/scratch/cesdata/gisdata/cryosphere/global/Modis-MOD10C2/

python nsidc-download_MOD10C2.006_2021-03-29.py