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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Velocity: Selected Glacier Site Velocity Maps from Optical Images V003 | 3 | LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, Terra | TM, ETM+, OLI, ASTER | 1985-03-01 to 2021-11-30 |
N: 82 S: 60 E: -20 W: -70 |
100 Meters x 100 Meters | GeoTIFF, Shapefile |
| GPM Ground Validation Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) 2014 IFloodS V3 | 3 | DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-18, METOP-B, NOAA-19, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18, METOP-A, GCOM-W1 | SSMIS, MHS, AMSR2 | 2013-03-31 to 2013-07-02 |
N: 51.9073 S: 32.0518 E: -59.9776 W: -123.83 |
HDF5 | |
| NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_D) at GES DISC | 2.0 | Noah-LSM | NOT APPLICABLE | 1979-01-02 to 2016-12-31 |
N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125 |
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| VIIRS/JPSS1 Snow Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT | 2 | NOAA-20 | VIIRS | 2023-10-10 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
375 Meters x 375 Meters | NetCDF |
| VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m CMG V002 | 2 | Suomi-NPP | VIIRS | 2012-01-19 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
375 Meters x 375 Meters | HDF-EOS5 |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Ice Sheet Velocity Map from InSAR Data V002 | 2 | ALOS, RADARSAT-1, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX | PALSAR, SAR, C-SAR | 2000-09-03 to 2001-01-24, 2005-12-13 to 2006-04-20, 2006-12-18 to 2007-06-06, 2007-09-07 to 2008-04-23, 2008-09-15 to 2009-06-16, 2009-09-02 to 2010-05-07, 2012-11-10 to 2013-04-05, 2014-09-01 to 2015-05-31, 2015-09-01 to 2016-05-31, 2016-09-01 to 2017-05-31, 2017-09-01 to 2018-05-31 |
N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75 |
200 Meters x 200 Meters<br>500 Meters x 500 Meters | GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile |
| VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 375m SIN Grid V002 | 2 | Suomi-NPP | VIIRS | 2012-01-19 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
375 Meters x 375 Meters | HDF-EOS5 |
| VIIRS/NPP Snow Cover 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT | 2 | Suomi-NPP | VIIRS | 2023-10-10 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
375 Meters x 375 Meters | NetCDF |
| SnowEx17 Ground Penetrating Radar V002 | 2 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | GPR | 2017-02-08 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 39.11115 S: 38.9935 E: -107.85785 W: -108.22367 |
ASCII | |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids V002 | 2 | Aqua | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | HDF-EOS2 |
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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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