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Description

This data set contains snow pit measurements obtained as part of the SnowEx 2020 campaign at the Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA site in Autumn 2019. 21 locations were visited for snow pit observations. Some snow pit measurements are incomplete due to shallow or discontinuous snow cover.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
A2 Photonic_WISe ,
MICROSCOPES ,
SNOW DENSITY CUTTER ,
THERMOMETERS
Projects
SNOWEX
Spatial Extent

N: 39.04617 S: 39.0083 E: -108.15063 W: -108.20137

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / UTM zone 12N (EPSG:32612)
Location
GRAND MESA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2019-11-04 to 2019-11-06
Concept ID
C3271313537-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
21
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Liquid Water Content ,
Snow Density ,
Snow/Ice Temperature ,
Snow Stratigraphy

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

Brucker, L., Vuyovich, C., Elder, K., Marshall, H.-P., & Hiemstra, C. (2021). SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Pits, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/4IZGCQC1J31Q Date Accessed: 2026-08-12

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