Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Reflectance,Snow Grain Size,Specific Surface Area

Data at a Glance

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

Processing Level

Published

2018-05-24

Science Keywords

Reflectance ,

Snow Grain Size ,

Specific Surface Area

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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: 2026-10-08

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SnowEx17 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data, Version 1 User Guide

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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.	2021	SnowEx17 Community Snow Pit Measurements V001 SnowEx17 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001 SnowEx20 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001

SnowEx17 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001