An improved Terra–Aqua MODIS snow cover and Randolph Glacier Inventory 6.0 combined product (MOYDGL06*) for high-mountain Asia between 2002 and 2018

Muhammad, Sher; Thapa, Amrit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-345-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-345-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-345-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Data description paper

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13 Feb 2020

Data description paper |

| 13 Feb 2020

An improved Terra–Aqua MODIS snow cover and Randolph Glacier Inventory 6.0 combined product (MOYDGL06*) for high-mountain Asia between 2002 and 2018

Sher Muhammad and Amrit Thapa

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Interactive comment on "A combined Terra/Aqua MODIS snow-cover and RGI6.0 glacier product (MOYDGL06*) for the High Mountain Asia between 2002 and 2018"', Said Rahman, 21 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to SC1', Sher Muhammad, 30 Oct 2019
SC2: 'about the references', Xinghua Li, 26 Jun 2019
- AC2: 'Response to SC2', Sher Muhammad, 30 Oct 2019
RC1: 'Review comments for essd-2019-78', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jul 2019
- AC3: 'Response to RC1', Sher Muhammad, 30 Oct 2019
AC4: 'Revised Paper', Sher Muhammad, 30 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Reviewers comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Nov 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Sher Muhammad on behalf of the Authors (25 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (09 Jan 2020) by Birgit Heim

AR by Sher Muhammad on behalf of the Authors (13 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Jan 2020) by Birgit Heim

AR by Sher Muhammad on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Snow is the major water resource in high-mountain Asia; therefore, it is crucial to continuously monitor it. Currently, remote sensing, mainly MODIS, is used for snow monitoring. However, the available MODIS snow product is not useful for various applications without postprocessing and improvement. This study reduces uncertainty in the MODIS snow data. We found approximately 50% underestimation and overestimation of snow cover by MODIS Terra–Aqua products, which were improved in this study.