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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Depth, Stratigraphy, and Temperature in Wrangell St Elias NP, Alaska, 2016-2018 | 1 | MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS | Computer, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS, CAMERA, GPS, MAGNAPROBE, SNOW MEASURING ROD | 2016-09-01 to 2018-03-20 |
N: 62.3924 S: 62.2562 E: -143 W: -143.323 |
CSV | |
| 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 | |
| SnowEx 2020 Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed Snow Products V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, UAV | SWE Sampler, TLS, CAMERA | 2018-11-15 to 2020-02-23 |
N: 43.0712 S: 43.0624 E: -116.7488 W: -116.7603 |
CSV, LAZ, JPEG | |
| SnowEx Colorado 3M Snow Depth Time Series and DEMs from High-Resolution Satellite Image Pairs V001 | 1 | AIRCRAFT, Pleiades-1A, Pleiades-1B, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 | LIDAR, CAMERA | 2022-03-16 to 2022-05-11 |
N: 39.216156 S: 38.785954 E: -107.747336 W: -108.382269 N: 37.350142 S: 36.946006 E: -106.336567 W: -106.869547 |
1 Meters x 1 Meters 3 Meters x 3 Meters |
GeoTIFF |
| SnowEx Meteorological Station Measurements from Grand Mesa, CO Raw V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | CNR4, Campbell Scientific CS106, HC2S3, HydraProbe, RM Young 05103 Wind Monitor, SR50A | 2016-10-09 to 2022-08-30 |
N: 39.03388 S: 39.03388 E: -108.21399 W: -108.21399 N: 39.03954 S: 39.03954 E: -107.94174 W: -107.94174 N: 39.10358 S: 39.10358 E: -107.88383 W: -107.88383 N: 39.05084 S: 39.05084 E: -108.06144 W: -108.06144 N: 39.05225 S: 39.05225 E: -108.09792 W: -108.09792 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx Meteorological Station Measurements from Grand Mesa, CO V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | CNR4, Campbell Scientific CS106, HC2S3, HydraProbe, RM Young 05103 Wind Monitor, SR50A | 2016-10-09 to 2022-08-30 |
N: 39.03388 S: 39.03388 E: -108.21399 W: -108.21399 N: 39.03954 S: 39.03954 E: -107.94174 W: -107.94174 N: 39.10358 S: 39.10358 E: -107.88383 W: -107.88383 N: 39.05084 S: 39.05084 E: -108.06144 W: -108.06144 N: 39.05225 S: 39.05225 E: -108.09792 W: -108.09792 |
CSV, PNG | |
| 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 | |
| SnowEx17 Community Snow Depth Probe Measurements V001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | PROBES | 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 39.1 S: 39 E: -107.8 W: -108.2 N: 38 S: 37.8 E: -107.65 W: -107.8 |
3 Meters x 3 Meters | ASCII |
| SnowEx17 Community Snow Pit Measurements V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 38 S: 37.8 E: -107.65 W: -107.8 N: 39.1 S: 39 E: -107.8 W: -108.2 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx17 GPR and Lidar-Derived Snowpack Relative Permittivities and Densities V001 | 1 | AIRCRAFT | LIDAR | 2017-02-08 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 39.106 S: 39.0005 E: -107.86 W: -108.2195 |
CSV | |
| 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 | |
| SnowEx17 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | IRIS, IceCube | 2017-02-07 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 39.10595 S: 39.00035 E: -107.86944 W: -108.21907 |
PNG, CSV | |
| SnowEx17 Radiometrics Surface-Based Radiometer Brightness Temperatures V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RADIOMETERS | 2017-02-14 to 2017-02-18 |
N: 39.10552 S: 39.02098 E: -107.846975 W: -108.23134528825 |
JPEG, ASCII | |
| 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 | |
| SnowEx17 SnowMicroPen (SMP) Raw Penetration Force Profiles V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | SMP | 2017-02-07 to 2017-02-25 |
N: 39.027679996706 S: 38.980648493922 E: -107.84605082281 W: -108.22919239513 N: 37.940572 S: 37.856078 E: -107.6725 W: -107.752128 |
PNG, XML, ASCII | |
| SnowEx17 Time Series Sonic Snow Depth Measurement Array V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR | 2016-10-12 to 2017-07-03 |
N: 39.03430447 S: 39.02755193 E: -107.9335668 W: -108.0545976 |
JPEG, ASCII | |
| SnowEx20 Cameron Pass Ground Penetrating Radar V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | GPR | 2019-12-18 to 2020-03-12 |
N: 40.52 S: 40.51 E: -105.88 W: -105.891 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx20 Community Snow Depth Probe Measurements V001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | PROBES | 2020-01-28 to 2020-02-12 |
N: 39.07 S: 39 E: -107.997 W: -108.228 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP Computed Tomography Snow Microstructure V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | Microtomography | 2020-02-03 to 2020-02-08 |
N: 39.065321 S: 39.005111 E: -108.110485 W: -108.228389 |
Excel, Text File, BMP | |
| SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP CSU 1GHz GPR V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | GPR | 2020-02-06 to 2020-02-09 |
N: 39.04 S: 39.015 E: -108 W: -108.25 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP Lidar and GPR-Derived Snow Water Equivalent and Snow Density V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | GPR | 2020-02-01 to 2020-02-02 |
N: 39.039456 S: 39.009209 E: -108.157747 W: -108.21092 |
CSV, GeoTIFF | |
| SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP UNM 800 and 1600 MHz MALA GPR V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | GPR | 2020-01-28 to 2020-02-06 |
N: 39.05 S: 39.005 E: -108.12 W: -108.21 |
CSV | |
| SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Snow Depth from Snow Pole Time-Lapse Imagery V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | CAMERAS | 2019-09-29 to 2020-06-10 |
N: 39.067 S: 39 E: -107.997 W: -108.228 |
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 | |
| SnowEx20 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data V001 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | IRIS, IceCube | 2020-01-27 to 2020-02-12 |
N: 39.06417 S: 39.0087 E: -108.00312 W: -108.22143 |
PNG, CSV |
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