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Description

Snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements of the autumn shallow snow were obtained using SWE samplers (also referred to as SWE tubes) during the NASA SnowEx 2020 campaign (03-06 Nov. 2019) at Grand Mesa, CO. 221 measurements were taken in the vicinity of snow pit locations.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
SWE Sampler
Projects
SNOWEX
Spatial Extent

N: 39.04579 S: 39.00832 E: -108.13324 W: -108.21007

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / UTM zone 12N (EPSG:32612)
Location
GRAND MESA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2019-11-03 to 2019-11-06
Concept ID
C3271313654-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
2
Published
Science Keywords
Snow Density ,
Snow Depth ,
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

Brucker, L., Zhu, J., Shen, H., & Vuyovich, C. (2021). SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Water Equivalent, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/4QTIRJQIF8E2 Date Accessed: 2026-08-12

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