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Snow/Ice Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS), Snow Today, and Worldview guide users in making the most of snow and ice data.
Snow/Ice Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SnowEx21 Time Series Snow Pits V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS | 2020-11-16 to 2021-05-27 |
N: 47.0607 S: 37.9071 E: -105.86093 W: -116.12351 |
CSV, Excel, JPEG | |
| ALOS PALSAR Level 1.0 Product | 1 | ALOS | PALSAR | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15 |
N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps V001 | 1 | ALOS, ENVISAT, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX | PALSAR, ASAR, OLI, SAR, C-SAR | 2000-07-01 to 2001-06-30, 2005-07-01 to 2020-06-30 |
N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs IFloodS Version 1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | 30.5 cm | ASCII | |||
| VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m | 1 | Suomi-NPP | VIIRS | 2012-01-19 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
375 Meters x 375 Meters | NetCDF |
| SENTINEL-1A_DUAL_POL_GRD_MEDIUM_RES | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ABoVE: Methane Ebullition Hotspots in Frozen Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska, Oct 2014 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane | GPS, CAMERAS | 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-08 |
N: 64.9368 S: 64.863 E: -147.769 W: -147.939 |
Shapefile | |
| SnowEx17 Community Snow Depth Probe Measurements V001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | PROBES | 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 39.1 S: 39 E: -107.8 W: -108.2 N: 38 S: 37.8 E: -107.65 W: -107.8 |
3 Meters x 3 Meters | ASCII |
| BOREAS Follow-On DSP-04 1994 ERS-1 Level-4 Landscape Freeze/Thaw Maps, Ver. 1.0 | 1 | ERS-1 | AMI | 1994-02-14 to 1994-12-14 |
N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 |
Binary |
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Snow/Ice Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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