High Mountain Asia MODIS/Terra L3 Daily 500m SIN Grid Spatially and Temporally Complete (STC) Snow Cover and Snow Surface Properties V001

This data set contains spatially and temporally complete (STC) raster images of snow cover and snow surface properties from 1 October 2000 through 30 June 2022 for the High Mountain Asia region. The data are derived from the MODIS Snow Covered Area and Grain-size (MODSCAG) and MODIS Dust Radiative Forcing in Snow (MODDRFS) data sets using historical surface reflectances from MODIS/Terra as input. Variables include snow fraction (viewable and canopy-corrected); optical grain size; snow albedo (with and without light-absorbing particles); and energy flux to the snowpack from light-absorbing particles.