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Description

This data set contains measurements of snow temperature, density, stratigraphy, grain size, wetness, depth, and snow water equivalent (SWE) for snow pits at two study sites in Colorado, USA: Grand Mesa and Senator Beck Basin. Data were collected during the NASA SnowEx 2017 campaign.

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
SNOW DENSITY CUTTER ,
STEEL MEASURING TAPE ,
THERMOMETERS ,
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Spatial Extent

N: 38 S: 37.8 E: -107.65 W: -107.8

,

N: 39.1 S: 39 E: -107.8 W: -108.2

Geographic Region
COLORADO
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-02-06 to 2017-02-25
Concept ID
C3292900005-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
270
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Snow Density ,
Snow Depth ,
Snow Grain Size ,
Snow/Ice Temperature ,
Snow Stratigraphy ,
Snow Water Equivalent

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

Elder, K., Brucker, L., Hiemstra, C., & Marshall, H.-P. (2018). SnowEx17 Community Snow Pit Measurements, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/Q0310G1XULZS Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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