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Snow Depth Datasets
| Dataset | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration and Thickness - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration and Thickness - Monthly Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration and Thickness - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration and Thickness - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration and Thickness - Snapshot llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) | V4r4 | MODELS, MITgcm | 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees | netCDF-4 | |
| SASSIE ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration, Thickness, and Velocity - Snapshot llc1080 Grid (Version 1 Release 1) | V1R1 | MITgcm | 2014-01-15 to 2021-02-08 | netCDF-4 | |||
| SASSIE ECCO Sea-Ice and Snow Concentration, Thickness, and Velocity - Daily Mean llc1080 Grid (Version 1 Release 1) | V1R1 | MITgcm | 2014-01-15 to 2021-02-08 | netCDF-4 | |||
| 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) | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| 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) | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| 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) | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| 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) | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| 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) | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| 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) | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V004 | 4 | ICESat-2, MODELS | ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE | 2018-11-01 to 2026-04-30 |
N: 88 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, & Snow Depth Polar Grids V004 | 4 | Aqua | AMSR-E | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04 |
N: 90 S: 30.98 E: 180 W: -180 N: -39.23 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers | HDF-EOS5 |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, & Snow Depth Polar Grids V003 | 3 | Aqua | AMSR-E | 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04 |
N: 90 S: 30.98 E: 180 W: -180 N: -39.23 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers | HDF-EOS2 |
| ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V003 | 3 | ICESat-2, MODELS | ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE | 2018-11-01 to 2024-04-30 |
N: 88 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_D) | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| BOREAS AES Canadian Hourly and Daily Surface Meteorological Data, R1 | 2 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | SNOW MEASURING ROD, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS | 1975-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
Binary | |
| ICESat-2 L4 Monthly Gridded Sea Ice Thickness V002 | 2 | ICESat-2, MODELS | ATLAS, NOT APPLICABLE | 2018-11-01 to 2022-04-30 |
N: 88 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 12.5 km Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, & Snow Depth Polar Grids V002 | 2 | Aqua | AMSR-E | 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03 |
N: -39.23 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 N: 90 S: 30.98 E: 180 W: -180 |
12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers | HDF-EOS2 |
| SnowEx20 Time Series Snow Pit Measurements V002 | 2 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, MICROSCOPES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS | 2019-10-24 to 2020-05-20 |
N: 44.30455 S: 35.85794 E: -105.54616 W: -120.29897 |
PDF, JPEG, CSV, Excel | |
| SnowEx Mores Creek Summit (MCS) Airborne LiDAR Survey V001 | 1 | HELICOPTER | LIDAR | 2021-03-10 to 2025-05-01 |
N: 43.9748 S: 43.91365 E: -115.64244 W: -115.7305 |
GeoTIFF | |
| High Mountain Asia UCLA Daily Snow Reanalysis V001 | 1 | LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, Terra | TM, ETM+, OLI, MODIS | 1999-10-01 to 2017-09-30 |
N: 45 S: 27 E: 105 W: 60 |
netCDF-4 |
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