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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

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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
Daily SnowModel Outputs Covering the ABoVE Core Domain, 3-km Resolution, 1980-2020 1 MODELS Computer 1980-09-01 to 2020-08-31

N: 75.8357 S: 49.8038 E: -84.3282 W: -176.915

netCDF-4 classic
ERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

ERS-1 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

ERS-2 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

ERS-2 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Forest Aboveground Biomass for the Southwestern U.S. from MISR, 2000-2021 1 Terra MISR 2000-05-15 to 2021-06-30

N: 46.2812 S: 28.599 E: -99.0185 W: -126.18

GeoTIFF
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1988-01-01 to 2009-12-31 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Land-only 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 1987-12-31 NetCDF-4
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Ancillary 3-Hourly Ocean-only 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 2010-01-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) 2014 IFloodS V3 3 DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-18, METOP-B, NOAA-19, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18, METOP-A, GCOM-W1 SSMIS, MHS, AMSR2 2013-03-31 to 2013-07-02

N: 51.9073 S: 32.0518 E: -59.9776 W: -123.83

HDF5
GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) C3VP V1 1 GROUND STATIONS 2DVD 2006-12-02 to 2007-04-09

N: 44.2432 S: 44.2232 E: -79.7706 W: -79.7906

ASCII
High Mountain Asia 2 m DEM, Surface Velocity, and Lagrangian Surface Mass Balance for Select Debris Covered Glaciers V001 1 GEOEYE-1, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 GIS, WV60, WV110 2012-12-23 to 2017-12-22

N: 28.39 S: 28.2 E: 85.77 W: 85.51

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N: 28.12 S: 27.85 E: 87 W: 86.64

2 Meters x 2 Meters GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia Annual 90m Glacier Surface Melt/Freeze Phenology from SAR Imagery V001 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 39.32788 S: 15.94815 E: 105.0568 W: 60.84164

90 Meters x 90 Meters GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia ASCAT Freeze/Thaw/Melt Status V001 1 METOP, METOP-A, METOP-B ASCAT 2009-01-01 to 2017-10-12

N: 44.683 S: 19.125 E: 105.577 W: 63.427

4.45 Kilometers x 4.45 Kilometers PNG, HDF5, GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia COAWST 6-Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia COAWST Daily 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia COAWST Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia COAWST Monthly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Langtang Snow Bidirectional Reflectance Factor V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2018-04-23 to 2018-04-24

N: 28.23525 S: 28.23525 E: 85.61268 W: 85.61268

netCDF-3

Snow/Ice Data Tools

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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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