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Description

This data set reports vertical profiles of snow reflectance, specific surface area (SSA), and optical equivalent diameter (grain size) at Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA, a snow-covered, forested study site about 40 miles east of the city of Grand Junction, CO. Reflectance was measured <em>in situ</em> using a 1310 nm integrating sphere laser device and converted to SSA and optical equivalent diameter.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
IRIS ,
IceCube
Projects
SNOWEX
Spatial Extent

N: 39.10595 S: 39.00035 E: -107.86944 W: -108.21907

Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
GRAND MESA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-02-07 to 2017-02-25
Concept ID
C3266797546-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
95
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Reflectance ,
Snow Grain Size ,
Specific Surface Area

Citation

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Rutter, N., Pan, J., Durand, M., King, J., Derksen, C., & Larue, F. (2018). SnowEx17 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/H9C1UVWN1UK3 Date Accessed: 2026-09-15

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Multi-Physics Data Assimilation Framework for Remotely Sensed Snowpacks Shrestha, Prabhakar, Barros, Ana P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Longwave Radiation, Relative Humidity, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Reflectance, Specific Surface Area
The retrieval of snow properties from SLSTR Sentinel-3Part 2: Results and validation Mei, Linlu, Rozanov, Vladimir, Jakel, Evelyn, Cheng, Xiao, Vountas, Marco, Burrows, John P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Reflectance, Specific Surface Area, Snow Depth, Reflectance, Snow Grain Size
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