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Snow depth profiles were measured from 7-16 March 2023 as part of the NASA SnowEx 2023 March 2023 Intensive Observation Period. Ground-based snow depth profile measurements were taken in the vicinity of 170 snow pits distributed across five study areas in Northern Alaska. Three study areas represented boreal forest snow conditions near Fairbanks, AK: Farmers Loop Creamers Field (FLCF), Caribou Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW), and Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest (BCEF). Two study areas represented Arctic tundra snow conditions: Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) and Upper Kuparuk Toolik (UKT).

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
PROBES
Spatial Extent

N: 70.084378 S: 64.699253 E: -147.485758 W: -149.597226

Geographic Region
ALASKA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2023-03-07 to 2023-03-16
Concept ID
C3571357951-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Snow Depth

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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.

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Vuyovich, C., Stuefer, S., Mason, M., Elder, K., Vas, D., Baxter, B., Durand, M., Marshall, H.-P., & SnowEx Alaska March 2023 Team. (2025). SnowEx23 Mar23 IOP Snow Depth Profiles, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/YX5V88FXESEB Date Accessed: 2025-12-15

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