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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 Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Present |
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 Present |
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 Present |
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 DAILY L3 GLOBAL SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT EASE-GRIDS V0 | 0 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | null | HDF-EOS5 | ||
| NRT AMSR2 L2B GLOBAL SWATH GSFC PROFILING ALGORITHM 2010: SURFACE PRECIPITATION, WIND SPEED OVER OCEAN, WATER VAPOR OVER OCEAN AND CLOUD LIQUID WATER OVER OCEAN | 0 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | N/A | HDF-EOS-5 | ||
| NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V1 | 1 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | 21 km | netCDF-4; HDF-EOS5 | ||
| NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent R01 | 1 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | null | HDF-EOS5 | ||
| 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 |
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| RADARSAT-1 Level 1 Product | 1 | RADARSAT-1 | SAR | 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| 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 N: 60.4731365 S: 60.1011977 E: -137.8206057 W: -138.6933945 N: 38.7041022 S: 38.6037845 E: 72.2802216 W: 72.1118897 N: 60.2800575 S: 59.9016126 E: -139.4144551 W: -140.175999 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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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Full Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization High 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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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product Metadata | 1 | Sentinel-1A | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Sentinel-1A Dual Polarization Medium 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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