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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, offers users weekly 100 km Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent represented by three different variables. Two of the variables are derived from individual source products: the NOAA/NCDC Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent Climate Data Record and Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) passive microwave brightness temperatures, respectively. The third variable merges the other two into a single representation of snow cover.

Product Summary

Platforms
DMSP 5D-2/F11 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F13 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F8 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F17 ,
Nimbus-7
Instruments
SSM/I ,
SSMIS ,
SMMR
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
100 Kilometers x 100 Kilometers
Geographic Region
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1966-10-04 to 2012-12-31
Concept ID
C3291000593-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2376
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Snow Cover ,
Snow Cover

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Robinson, D., & Mote, T. (2014). MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Cover Extent Weekly 100km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0531.001 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION