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Snow Melt Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS), Snow Today, and Panoply guide users in making the most of snow melt data.
Snow Melt Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABoVE: Environmental Conditions and Subsistence Resource Access, Alaska, 2016-2017 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA | 2016-02-15 to 2017-06-22 | ALASKA | N: 67.0834 S: 61.7 E: -141.267 W: -160.72 | CSV |
| ABoVE: Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snow Melt Duration Date Maps, 1988-2018 | Nimbus-7, DMSP 5D-2/F10, Aqua, DMSP | SMMR, SSMIS, AMSR-E, SSM | 1988-02-09 to 2018-07-20 | EASTERN ASIA, ALASKA, CANADA | N: 72.41 S: 51.6 E: -107.833 W: -180 | multiple |
| ABoVE: Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowpack Main Melt Onset Date Maps, 1988-2023 | DMSP 5D-2/F10, Aqua, Nimbus, DMSP | SSMIS, AMSR-E, SMMR, SSM | 1988-02-09 to 2023-07-20 | ALASKA, EASTERN ASIA, CANADA | N: 72.4085 S: 51.6089 E: -107.83 W: -180 | multiple |
| BOREAS HYD-09 Streamflow Data | STREAMFLOW STATION | STREAM GAUGES | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 | N: 55.92 S: 53.86 E: -98.38 W: -104.82 | ASCII | |
| CARVE: Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from AMSR-E and SSM/I, 2003-2014 | ADEOS-II, DMSP | AMSR-E, SSM/I | 2003-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | N: 74.399 S: 46.9946 E: -106.947 W: -179.999 | netCDF-4 | |
| FLDAS2 Noah-MP GDAS Land Surface Model L4 Central Asia Daily 0.01 degree x 0.01 degree V001 (FLDAS_NOAHMP001_G_CA_D) | Noah-LSM | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-10-01 to Present | WESTERN ASIA, SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA, EASTERN ASIA | N: 56 S: 21 E: 100 W: 30 | |
| MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 | DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 | SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR | 1979-01-02 to 2012-12-31 | GREENLAND | N: 90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
| 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 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present | GLOBAL | 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 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | |
| MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXLND) at GES DISC | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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