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Snow Depth Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Earthdata Search, Worldview, and Panoply guide users in making the most of snow depth data.

Snow Depth Datasets

Dataset Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
ICESat L4 Seasonal Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V001 1 ICESAT GLAS 2003-02-20 to 2008-03-21

N: 86 S: 66 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4, PNG
ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2 L4 Monthly Arctic Snow Depth and Sea Ice Thickness V001 1 CRYOSAT-2, ICESat-2 SIRAL, ATLAS 2018-10-01 to 2021-04-30

N: 90 S: 62 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
ICESat-2 L4 Along-Track Sea Ice Thickness V001 001 ICESat-2, MODELS ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-10-14 to 2022-05-01

N: 88 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V004 4 ICESat-2, MODELS ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE 2018-11-01 to 2025-04-30

N: 88 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
Maps of Vegetation, NDVI, Snow and Thaw Depths: North Slope, Alaska and NWT, Canada 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTROMETERS, SNOW MEASURING ROD 2000-08-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 78.7857 S: 68.3617 E: -103.552 W: -148.852

multiple
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXLND) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

MERRA-2 tavg3_2d_glc_Nx: 2d,3-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Ice Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T3NXGLC) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_glc_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Ice Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXGLC) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXLND) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_glc_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Ice Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXGLC) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

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Snow Depth Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
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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