MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2008-2009 (MOA2009) Image Map

DATA ORGANIZATION

The data files are available on NSIDC's FTP site:

ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0593_moa2009/

In this directory, there are four files:

00README.txt (this file)
Moa0125.gpd
Moa0750.gpd
Moa.mpp

And three folders:

envi
geotiff
coastlines 

The envi folder contains the .img.gz and .img.hdr files, the geotiff
folder contains the .tif.gz files, and the coastlines folder contains
the .shp, .shx, .dbf, .prj, .evf, .gmt, .kml, and .txt files.

DOWNLOADING DATA VIA FTP

You may download data via your FTP program of choice. Our FTP server
allows you to download a recursive set of directories with a single
FTP command (tar-on-the-fly), simply by appending the .tar extension
to a directory name in the FTP get command. For example, using a
command-line FTP program, you can download all of the MODIS Mosaic of
Antarctica 2008-2009 (MOA2009) Image Map files using the following
commands:

%ftp sidads.colorado.edu 
     (login as anonymous, and use your e-mail address as password)
ftp> cd /pub/DATASETS
ftp> get nsidc0593_moa2009.tar
ftp> quit

These commands will generate a tar file on your local disk containing
everything under the nsidc0593_moa2009 directory.

In most Web browsers, you can also use the tar-on-the-fly capability
by simply appending the .tar extension to the directory name in the
FTP address. For example, to download all of the MODIS Mosaic of
Antarctica 2008-2009 (MOA2009) Image Map files, enter the following
FTP address in your browser's location/address field:

ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0593_moa2009.tar

The browser should prompt for where to save the tar file.

DOCUMENTATION

For complete documentation and more information about data access, please see:

http://nsidc.org/data/docs/agdc/nsidc0593/index.html

We recommend that you read the complete documentation in detail before working 
with the data.

REGISTRATION

If you wish to be notified of updates or corrections to these data,
please register with NSIDC User Services by sending e-mail to:

nsidc@nsidc.org

Identify yourself as a user of "MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica 2008-2009
(MOA2009) Image Map (nsidc-0593)." Include your name, e-mail address,
postal address, and telephone number.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

User Services
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO USA 80309-0449
Phone: +1 303-492-6199
Fax: +1 303-492-2468
E-mail: nsidc@nsidc.org