Snow in South America, Australia and New Zealand is derived from METOP AVHRR only over regions shown with light green color. Ice in Antarctica is mapped with SSMIS onboard DMSP F-15, F-16 and F-17.

The algorithm is fully automated and operational.

All snow maps including full resolution images and binary snow maps are available here

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Northern Hemispere AutoSnowIce Page

National Ice Center's IMS Page