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Snow/Ice Data Access and Tools
From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS), Snow Today, and Worldview guide users in making the most of snow and ice data.
Snow/Ice Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Follow-On DSP-04 1994 ERS-1 Level-4 Landscape Freeze/Thaw Maps, Ver. 1.0 | 1 | ERS-1 | AMI | 1994-02-14 to 1994-12-14 |
N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC Model Simulations at Tower Flux Sites in 1994 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.9 S: 53.63 E: -98.29 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-08 Snow Maps Derived from Landsat TM Imagery | 1 | LANDSAT-5 | TM | 1993-01-18 to 1994-02-06 |
N: 54.78 S: 52.9 E: -103.43 W: -106.91 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS RSS-17 1994 ERS-1 Level-3 Freeze/Thaw Backscatter Change Images | 1 | ERS-1 | SAR | 1994-01-03 to 1994-03-19 |
N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-01 | V1-01 | CALIPSO | CALIOP | 2020-07-01 to 2022-01-19 | HDF5 | ||
| CARVE: Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from AMSR-E and SSM/I, 2003-2014 | 1.1 | ADEOS-II, DMSP | AMSR-E, SSM/I | 2003-01-01 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 74.399 S: 46.9946 E: -106.947 W: -179.999 |
netCDF-4 | |
| CERES Clouds and Radiative Swath TRMM Edition2C | Edition2C | TRMM | CERES-PFM | 1998-01-01 to 2000-03-31 | HDF4 | ||
| CryoSat-2 Level-4 Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness V001 | 1 | CRYOSAT-2, DMSP 5D-3/F17 | SIRAL, SSMIS | 2010-09-20 to Present |
N: 90 S: 55 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | PNG, netCDF-3 |
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Snow/Ice Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization |
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