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MODISSnow

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MODISSnow allows to download MODIS snow data from The National Snow & Ice Data Center.

Quick start

Install

Stable version von CRAN.

install.packages("MODISSnow")

Or the dev version from GitHub.

devtools::install_github("jmsigner/MODISSnow")

Authentication

As of February 1st 2017, authentication via earthdata is requried. Free registration is possible at the earthdata portal.

Workflow

library(MODISSnow)
# Download MODIS snow data for a central Europe h = 18 and v = 5 for the 1 of January 2016
dat <- modissnow_get_data(lubridate::ymd("2016-01-01"), h = 18, v = 5, 
                          user = "username", passwd = "password", sat = "MYD10A1")
class(dat)
raster::plot(dat)

Meta

  • Please report any issues or bugs.
  • License: GPL v3
  • Get citation information for MODISSnow in R typing citation(package = 'MODISSnow').
  • Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.