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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SnowEx23 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | IRIS, IceCube, InfraSnow | 2023-03-06 to 2023-03-16 |
N: 70.085 S: 68.528 E: -148.612 W: -149.597 N: 65.155 S: 64.701 E: -147.4905 W: -148.291 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx20 Jemez UNM 800 MHz MALA GPR V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | GPR | 2020-01-22 to 2020-03-04 |
N: 35.889 S: 35.85 E: -106.505 W: -106.537 |
CSV | |
| NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent R01 | 1 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | null | HDF-EOS5 | ||
| ERS-1 Level 1 Product | 1 | ERS-1 | SAR | 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| ERS-2 Level 0 Product | 1 | ERS-2 | SAR | 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Antarctic Annual 240 m Ice Sheet Extent Masks, 1997-2021 V001 | 1 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 1997-10-01 to 2021-03-14 |
N: -57.6 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
240 Meters x 240 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Landsat Image-Pair Glacier and Ice Sheet Surface Velocities V001 | 1 | LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 1982-11-12 to 2019-04-27 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
240 Meters x 240 Meters | netCDF-4 |
| Snow Properties and Wildlife Tracks in Washington and Alaska | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | PENETROMETERS | 2021-01-09 to 2023-03-13 |
N: 63.9688 S: 48.0523 E: -117.172 W: -150.008 |
CSV | |
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_FULL_RES | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format | 1 | GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 | VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR | 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 | HDF4 |
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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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