MOD44W.006 Terra Land Water Mask Derived From MODIS and SRTM Yearly Global 250m

MODIS/006/MOD44W
Dataset Availability
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z–2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
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ee.ImageCollection("MODIS/006/MOD44W")
Tags
geophysical mod44w modis nasa srtm usgs water-mask

Description

The MOD44W V6 land/water mask 250m product is derived using a decision tree classifier trained with MODIS data and validated with the MOD44W V5 product. A series of masks are applied to address known issues caused by terrain shadow, burn scars, cloudiness, or ice cover in oceans.

Bands

Resolution
250 meters

Bands

Name Description
water_mask

Land-water mask
water_mask_QA

Quality assurance (QA)

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

MODIS data and products acquired through the LP DAAC have no restrictions on subsequent use, sale, or redistribution.

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('MODIS/006/MOD44W')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2015-01-01', '2015-05-01'));
var waterMask = dataset.select('water_mask');
var waterMaskVis = {
  min: 0,
  max: 1,
  palette: ['bcba99', '2d0491'],
};
Map.setCenter(6.746, 46.529, 2);
Map.addLayer(waterMask, waterMaskVis, 'Water Mask');
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The MOD44W V6 land/water mask 250m product is derived using a decision tree classifier trained with MODIS data and validated with the MOD44W V5 product. A series of masks are applied to address known issues caused by terrain shadow, burn scars, cloudiness, or ice cover in oceans.
MODIS/006/MOD44W, geophysical,mod44w,modis,nasa,srtm,usgs,water-mask
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
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