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Description

These Level-3 Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) data sets contain SWE data and quality assurance flags mapped to Northern and Southern Hemisphere 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids).

Version Description

See https://nsidc.org/data/amsre/version-history

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AMSR-E
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-06-19 to 2011-10-01
Temporal Resolution
1 Month
Concept ID
C3235724816-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
112
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Snow Water Equivalent ,
Snow Water Equivalent

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Tedesco, M., Kelly, R., Foster, J., & Chang, A. (2004). AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids, Version 2 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_MOSNO.002 Date Accessed: 2026-08-21

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The compounding effects of agricultural expansion and snow drought on lake urmias drying crisis Shahbazi, Afshin, Aydin, Yusuf, Semiz, Guluzar Duygu, Torun, Elifnaz, Vaheddoost, Babak, Beirami, Neda, Unal, Alper, Madani, Kaveh, AghaKouchak, Amir Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Runoff
Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology of the Brahmaputra River Basin Palash, Wahid, Bajracharya, Sagar Ratna, Shrestha, Arun Bhakta, Wahid, Shahriar, Hossain, Md. Shahadat, Mogumder, Tarun Kanti, Mazumder, Liton Chandra Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Cover, Snow Cover
Monitoring hydrological changes with satellite data: Spring thaw's effect on soil moisture and groundwater in seasonal Freezing-Thawing zones Wang, Jiamei, Ouyang, Wei, Liu, Xinyi, Wang, Lei Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Snow Water Equivalent
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) storage change characteristics (2003-2016) over major surface basins and principal aquifers in the conterminous United States Fan, Lei, Atkinson, Peter M. Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) storage change characteristics (20032016) over major surface basins and principal aquifers in the conterminous ... Velpuri, Naga Manohar, Senay, Gabriel B., Driscoll, Jessica M., Saxe, Samuel, Hay, Lauren, Farmer, William, Kiang, Julie Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent
Multiple remotely sensed lines of evidence for a depleting seasonal snowpack in the near east Ylmaz, Yeliz, Aalstad, Kristoffer, Sen, Omer Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Cover, Ice Extent
Open access data in polar and cryospheric remote sensing Pope, Allen, Rees, W., Fox, Adrian, Fleming, Andrew Brightness Temperature, Ice Velocity, Sea Ice Concentration, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Water Equivalent, Ice Extent, Sea Ice Age, Snow Melt, Snow Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Ice Velocity
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