MODIS Water Mask

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the use of the following free data sets in the creation of the new 250m Land/Water mask:

• SWBD, 2005 available from ftp://e0srp01u.ecs.nasa.gov/srtm/version2/SWBD/
• NLCD, 2001 http://www.mrlc.gov/nlcd_multizone_map.php
• NSIDC 1km DEM Greenland available from ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/DEM/nsidc0305_icesat_greenland_dem
• MOA available from ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/MOA/coastlines/

This work was funded under NASA Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number: NNX08AT97A.