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Description

This data set contains 3 m gridded snow depths derived from airborne light detection and ranging, or lidar, measurements of surface elevations. The data were collected as part of the NASA/JPL Airborne Snow Observatory (ASO) aircraft survey campaigns.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
DHC-6 ,
King Air
Instruments
Riegl LMS-Q1560
Projects
SNOWEX ,
ASO
Spatial Extent

N: 38.35197 S: 38.34703 E: -119.14655 W: -119.15263

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N: 35.30827 S: 34.84176 E: -118.48953 W: -118.96299

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N: 36.34419 S: 36.26067 E: -116.80802 W: -116.87201

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N: 37.66785 S: 37.62315 E: -118.89665 W: -118.96338

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N: 37.22534 S: 36.65336 E: -118.32179 W: -119.16027

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N: 39.17079 S: 38.70411 E: -120.22689 W: -120.77841

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N: 37.6691 S: 37.55344 E: -118.95054 W: -119.07385

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N: 38.19435 S: 37.72826 E: -119.18655 W: -119.80576

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N: 36.6072 S: 36.57914 E: -118.17114 W: -118.19548

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N: 38.00096 S: 37.88126 E: -119.0974 W: -119.32685

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N: 38.70478 S: 38.24517 E: -119.71202 W: -120.54983

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N: 37.82021 S: 37.70337 E: -119.03728 W: -119.27284

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N: 34.89283 S: 34.77784 E: -118.00231 W: -118.13992

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N: 39.46925 S: 39.39914 E: -120.22381 W: -120.32614

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N: 37.82737 S: 36.96181 E: -118.54426 W: -119.73305

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N: 38.19435 S: 37.72826 E: -119.18655 W: -119.80576

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N: 38.24106 S: 37.72115 E: -119.18369 W: -119.93914

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N: 38.24515 S: 37.53568 E: -118.95054 W: -119.93914

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N: 39.0814 S: 38.7536 E: -106.85936 W: -107.14685

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N: 37.3912 S: 36.99987 E: -106.16731 W: -106.71068

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N: 38.87468 S: 37.6923 E: -107.35981 W: -109.13081

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N: 39.27284 S: 38.77724 E: -107.52564 W: -108.36915

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N: 37.9823 S: 37.39059 E: -106.45969 W: -107.57082

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N: 38.20772 S: 37.88416 E: -107.56208 W: -107.97235

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N: 42.38521 S: 42.28818 E: -114.68043 W: -114.7176

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N: 43.31809 S: 43.0552 E: -116.68022 W: -116.86703

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N: 36.913 S: 36.43706 E: -113.87956 W: -114.37766

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N: 44.18034 S: 43.90476 E: -121.6276 W: -121.87574

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N: 44.52794 S: 44.31701 E: -121.81344 W: -122.10784

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N: 46.97583 S: 46.72414 E: -121.57096 W: -121.95735

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N: 48.09086 S: 47.493 E: -123.12877 W: -124.18472

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N: 37.3926 S: 37.37399 E: -118.41097 W: -118.42599

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N: 38.22396 S: 38.20403 E: -118.99487 W: -119.02041

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N: 37.2027 S: 37.13102 E: -118.29691 W: -118.41501

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N: 38.23294 S: 37.96873 E: -119.58734 W: -119.93914

Spatial Resolution
3 Meters x 3 Meters
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2013-04-03 to 2019-10-10
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3256023597-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
141
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Snow Depth

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

Painter, T. (2018). ASO L4 Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/KIE9QNVG7HP0 Date Accessed: 2026-08-25

Documents

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Snow water storage within eight Pacific coastal watersheds in British Columbia (Canada) inferred from four years of airborne lidar data Bisset, R., Floyd, W. C., Menounos, B., Bishop, A., Marchenko, S., Fisk, G., Cebulski, A., Marshall, P., Heathfield, D., Beffort, S., White, R., Arriola, S. Gonzalez, Viner, N. Snow Depth
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Intermittent Snow Cover From PlanetScope Imagery Using Deep Learning Wang, Zhaocheng, Jaya Baskar, Jaya Venkatesh, Sistla Naga Sai, Maneesh Sarma, Svoma, Bohumil, Vivoni, Enrique R. Snow Cover, Snow Depth
Spatially distributed snow depth, bulk density, and snow water equivalent from ground-based and airborne sensor integration at Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA Meehan, Tate G., Hojatimalekshah, Ahmad, Marshall, Hans-Peter, Deeb, Elias J., O'Neel, Shad, McGrath, Daniel, Webb, Ryan W., Bonnell, Randall, Raleigh, Mark S., Hiemstra, Christopher, Elder, Kelly Liquid Water Content, Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Two-Way Travel Time, Terrain Elevation, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Longwave Radiation, Relative Humidity, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Geolocation
Bayesian physicalstatistical retrieval of snow water equivalent and snow depth from X-and Ku-band synthetic aperture radardemonstration using airborne ... Singh, Siddharth, Durand, Michael, Kim, Edward, Barros, Ana P. Snow Depth, RADAR IMAGERY
Six Consecutive Seasons of High-Resolution Mountain Snow Depth Maps From Satellite Stereo Imagery Hu, J. Michelle, Shean, David, Bhushan, Shashank Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Land Use/Land Cover, Snow Cover, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Depth
Snowpack relative permittivity and density derived from nearcoincident lidar and groundpenetrating radar Bonnell, Randall, McGrath, Daniel, Hedrick, Andrew R., Trujillo, Ernesto, Meehan, Tate G., Williams, Keith, Marshall, HansPeter, Sexstone, Graham, Fulton, John, Ronayne, Michael J., Fassnacht, Steven R., Webb, Ryan W., Hale, Katherine E. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Two-Way Travel Time, Snow Depth, Liquid Water Content, Snow Density, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent
Evaluation of snow depth retrievals from ICESat-2 using airborne laser-scanning data Deschamps-Berger, Cesar, Gascoin, Simon, Shean, David, Besso, Hannah, Guiot, Ambroise, Lopez-Moreno, Juan Ignacio Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Depth, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Albedo, Snow Cover
Mapping snow depth and volume at the alpine watershed scale from aerial imagery using Structure from Motion Meyer, Joachim, Deems, Jeffrey S., Bormann, Kat J., Shean, David E., Skiles, S. McKenzie Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Terrain Elevation
The Colorado East River community observatory data collection Kakalia, Zarine, Varadharajan, Charuleka, Alper, Erek, Brodie, Eoin L., Burrus, Madison, Carroll, Rosemary W. H., Christianson, Danielle S., Dong, Wenming, Hendrix, Valerie C., Henderson, Matthew, Hubbard, Susan S., Johnson, Douglas, Versteeg, Roelof, Williams, Kenneth H., Agarwal, Deborah A. Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Terrain Elevation
Spatially Extensive GroundPenetrating Radar Snow Depth Observations During NASA's 2017 SnowEx Campaign: Comparison With In Situ, Airborne, and Satellite Observations McGrath, Daniel, Webb, Ryan, Shean, David, Bonnell, Randall, Marshall, HansPeter, Painter, Thomas H., Molotch, Noah P., Elder, Kelly, Hiemstra, Christopher, Brucker, Ludovic Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth, Geolocation
Fractional snow-covered area: scale-independent peak of winter parameterization Helbig, Nora, Buhler, Yves, Eberhard, Lucie, Deschamps-Berger, Cesar, Gascoin, Simon, Dumont, Marie, Revuelto, Jesus, Deems, Jeff S., Jonas, Tobias Snow Depth
Snow property inversion from remote sensing (SPIReS): A generalized multispectral unmixing approach with examples from MODIS and Landsat 8 OLI Bair, Edward H., Stillinger, Timbo, Dozier, Jeff Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance, Total Surface Water, Forest Management, Snow Depth
Within-Stand Boundary Effects on Snow Water Equivalent Distribution in Webb, R. W., Raleigh, M. S., McGrath, D., Molotch, N. P., Elder, K., Hiemstra, C., Brucker, L., Marshall, H. P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth
From drought to flood: A water balance analysis of the Tuolumne River Hedrick, Andrew R., Marks, Danny, Marshall, HansPeter, McNamara, James, Havens, Scott, Trujillo, Ernesto, Sandusky, Micah, Robertson, Mark, Johnson, Micah, Bormann, Kat J., Painter, Thomas H. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Snow Depth
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