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Description

The data set contains snow depth measurements from five study sites in Alaska, USA; data were collected during the March 2023 intensive observation period (IOP) as part of the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign. The study sites include three boreal forest sites in the Fairbanks region of central Alaska (the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, Caribou Poker Creek watershed, and Farmer’s Loop/Creamer’s Field) and two coastal tundra sites in the North Slope region (Arctic coastal plain and Upper Kuparuk Toolik). Snow depth measurements collected from the study sampling sites during the previous field season are available as <a href="https://nsidc.org/data/snex23_mar22_sd/versions/1">SnowEx23 Mar22 IOP Snow Depth Measurements, Version 1</a>.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
MAGNAPROBE ,
SNOW MEASURING ROD
Spatial Extent

N: 70.085 S: 64.699 E: -147.49 W: -149.597

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
ALASKA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2023-03-07 to 2023-03-16
Concept ID
C3274608355-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Snow Depth ,
WETNESS

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

Stuefer, S., May, L., Bailey, J., Vas, D., Mason, M., Hale, K., Marshall, H. P., Vuyovich, C., Elder, K., & SnowEx Alaska March 2023 Team. (2024). SnowEx23 Mar23 IOP Community Snow Depth Measurements, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/6QD3UJVABY6D Date Accessed: 2026-05-02

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Arctic hydrology: a water balance study of Imnavait Creek and Kuparuk Youcha, Emily K., Stuefer, Svetlana L. Snow Depth, WETNESS
Characterizing ICESat-2 Snow Depths Over the Boreal Forests and Tundra Fair, Zachary, Vuyovich, Carrie, Neumann, Thomas, Larsen, Chrisopher F., Stuefer, Svetlana, Mason, Megan, May, Lora Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Depth, VEGETATION HEIGHT, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Liquid Water Content, Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent, WETNESS
Snow depth measurements from Arctic tundra and boreal forest collected during NASA SnowEx Alaska campaign Stuefer, Svetlana L., Hale, Katherine, May, Lora D., Mason, Megan, Vuyovich, Carrie, Marshall, Hans-Peter, Vas, Dragos, Elder, Kelly Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Snow Depth, VEGETATION HEIGHT, WETNESS, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Liquid Water Content, Snow Density, Snow Depth, Snow Grain Size, Snow/Ice Temperature, Snow Stratigraphy, Snow Water Equivalent
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