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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.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

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

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

,

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

Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
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
Published
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 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/Q0310G1XULZS Date Accessed: 2026-09-17

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Quantifying SnowGround Backscatter Uncertainty: A Bayesian Approach Using Multifrequency SAR and In-Situ Observations Rai, Ashwani, Barros, Ana P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Liquid Water Content, Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent
Multi-Physics Data Assimilation Framework for Remotely Sensed Snowpacks Shrestha, Prabhakar, Barros, Ana P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Atmospheric Pressure, Atmospheric Temperature, Longwave Radiation, Relative Humidity, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Reflectance, Specific Surface Area
A Physical-Statistical Retrieval Framework to Estimate SWE from X and Ku-Band SAR Observations Singh, Siddharth, Durand, Michael, Kim, Edward, Pan, Jinmei, Kang, Do Hyuk, Barros, Ana P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent
Snowpack relative permittivity and density derived from nearcoincident lidar and groundpenetrating radar Bonnell, Randall, McGrath, Daniel, Hedrick, Andrew R., Trujillo, Ernesto, Meehan, Tate G., Williams, Keith, Marshall, HansPeter, Sexstone, Graham, Fulton, John, Ronayne, Michael J., Fassnacht, Steven R., Webb, Ryan W., Hale, Katherine E. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Two-Way Travel Time, Snow Depth, Liquid Water Content, Snow Density, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent
Six Consecutive Seasons of High-Resolution Mountain Snow Depth Maps From Satellite Stereo Imagery Hu, J. Michelle, Shean, David, Bhushan, Shashank Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Land Use/Land Cover, Snow Cover, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Depth
Improvement of springtime streamflow prediction using a snow hydrology model aided with USDA SNOTEL and in-situ snowpit observations Kang, DoHyuk, Lee, Kyungtae, Kim, Edward Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent
Spatially Extensive GroundPenetrating Radar Snow Depth Observations During NASA's 2017 SnowEx Campaign: Comparison With In Situ, Airborne, and Satellite Observations McGrath, Daniel, Webb, Ryan, Shean, David, Bonnell, Randall, Marshall, HansPeter, Painter, Thomas H., Molotch, Noah P., Elder, Kelly, Hiemstra, Christopher, Brucker, Ludovic Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth, Geolocation
The retrieval of snow properties from SLSTR Sentinel-3Part 2: Results and validation Mei, Linlu, Rozanov, Vladimir, Jakel, Evelyn, Cheng, Xiao, Vountas, Marco, Burrows, John P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Reflectance, Specific Surface Area, Snow Depth, Reflectance, Snow Grain Size
Weather-Dependent Nonlinear Microwave Behavior of Seasonal High-Elevation Snowpacks Cao, Yueqian, Barros, Ana Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Brightness Temperature, WETNESS
Within-Stand Boundary Effects on Snow Water Equivalent Distribution in Webb, R. W., Raleigh, M. S., McGrath, D., Molotch, N. P., Elder, K., Hiemstra, C., Brucker, L., Marshall, H. P. Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth
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