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Snow/Ice Datasets

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MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V005 5 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2017-01-02

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 6 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2023-02-17

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 61 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V005 5 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2016-12-31

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 6 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2023-01-31

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Monthly L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 61 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
Multilayer Greenland Ice Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo, and Water Vapor from MODIS V001 1 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to 2021-08-31

N: 84 S: 58 E: 12 W: -94

0.78 Kilometers x 0.78 Kilometers netCDF-4
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

0.125 Decimal Degrees x 0.125 Decimal Degrees
Near-Real-Time AMSR2 EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V001 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2024-01-01 to Present

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS4, HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V002 2 DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-05-04 to 2009-09-11

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V003 3 DMSP 5D-3/F16 SSMIS 2012-01-01 to 2026-01-16

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V004 4 DMSP 5D-3/F17 SSMIS 2009-08-17 to 2026-01-16

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V005 5 DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2016-12-01 to 2026-01-16

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution V001 (NHSNOWM) at GES DISC 001 GOES AVHRR 2000-01-01 to 2014-11-30

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2021-04-15

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

HDF-EOS5
Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowoff Date Maps, 1988-2023 1.0 DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18, DMSP SSMIS, SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 90 S: 37.9787 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Potential Areas of Gas Seepage Detected by SAR in Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, ALOS Computer, PALSAR 2006-12-04 to 2011-03-17

N: 65.1787 S: 64.3313 E: -146.87 W: -148.287

multiple
Pre-ABoVE: Ground-penetrating Radar Measurements of ALT on the Alaska North Slope 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPR, GPS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 2014-08-10 to 2014-08-15

N: 69.15 S: 68.4 E: -148.7 W: -149.5

CSV
Primary Ancillary Data Geo-Colocated to OMI/Aura UV2 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24km V4 (OMUANC) at GES DISC 004 Aura, GEOS-5 OMI, NOT APPLICABLE 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
Primary Ancillary Data Geo-Colocated to OMI/Aura VIS 1-Orbit L2 Swath 13x24km V4 (OMVANC) at GES DISC 004 Aura, GEOS-5 OMI, NOT APPLICABLE 2004-10-01 to Present

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

24 Kilometers x 13 Kilometers
RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

RADARSAT-1 Level 1 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

Reynolds Mountain East FMCW Radar Autopicked Snow Depths V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPR 2009-03-19 to 2009-03-19

N: 43.071 S: 43.063 E: -116.749 W: -116.76

CSV, netCDF-4, Shapefile, Text File
Select Northern Hemisphere Glacier Velocity Maps Using Customized autoRIFT and PlanetScope Imagery V001 1 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9, PlanetScope, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B OLI, OLI-2, PS2, PS2.SD, PSB.SD, Sentinel-2 MSI 2021-01-19 to 2022-11-27

N: 78.7800952 S: 78.6133048 E: 12.7046985 W: 11.5497732

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N: 60.4731365 S: 60.1011977 E: -137.8206057 W: -138.6933945

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N: 38.7041022 S: 38.6037845 E: 72.2802216 W: 72.1118897

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N: 60.2800575 S: 59.9016126 E: -139.4144551 W: -140.175999

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N: 35.4419895 S: 35.2267909 E: 77.6655226 W: 77.3183406

100 Meters x 100 Meters GeoTIFF, Shapefile, CSV
Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Full Resolution Ground Range Detected Product 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

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