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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
SnowEx Mores Creek Summit (MCS) Airborne LiDAR Survey V001 1 HELICOPTER LIDAR 2021-03-10 to 2025-05-01

N: 43.974802141694 S: 43.913645323478 E: -115.64243768567 W: -115.73049873632

GeoTIFF
MODIS/Terra Global Annual 0.01Deg CMG Snow Cover Climatology V001 1 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2023-07-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
SnowEx17 Snow Depth from Time-Lapse Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2016-10-01 to 2017-06-01

N: 39.055 S: 39.007 E: -107.934 W: -108.216

CSV
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere State of Cryosphere Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Terra SSM/I, SSMIS, MODIS 1999-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
SENTINEL-1A_SLC 1 SENTINEL-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar Snow Depth 0.5m UTM Grid V001 1 King Air LIDAR 2020-02-09 to 2020-02-19, 2021-03-15 to 2021-03-20

N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661

,

N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319

,

N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters TIFF
GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs IFloodS Version 1 1 GROUND STATIONS 30.5 cm ASCII
High Mountain Asia Annual 90m Glacier Surface Melt/Freeze Phenology from SAR Imagery V001 1 SENTINEL-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 39.3278838 S: 15.9481506 E: 105.0568047 W: 60.8416366

90 Meters x 90 Meters GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Oct22 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Low-snow V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2022-10-24 to 2022-10-24

N: 70.084 S: 68.5284 E: -148.6127 W: -149.5964

1 Meters x 1 Meters CSV
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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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