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Snow/Ice Datasets

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High Mountain Asia Langtang Snow Properties V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2018-04-23 to 2018-04-24

N: 28.21502 S: 28.21502 E: 85.60986 W: 85.60986

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N: 28.23464 S: 28.23464 E: 85.60918 W: 85.60918

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N: 28.23467 S: 28.23467 E: 85.60915 W: 85.60915

ASCII
High Mountain Asia MODIS/Terra L3 Daily 500m SIN Grid Spatially and Temporally Complete (STC) Snow Cover and Snow Surface Properties V001 1 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2022-06-30

N: 50 S: 20 E: 117.4975 W: 46.188

463.3 Meters x 463.3 Meters netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia UCLA Daily Snow Reanalysis V001 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, Terra TM, ETM+, OLI, MODIS 1999-10-01 to 2017-09-30

N: 45 S: 27 E: 105 W: 60

netCDF-4
IceBridge Accumulation Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles V002 2 DC-8, P-3B Accumulation Radar 2013-03-21 to 2018-05-01

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

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N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4, XML, JPEG
IceBridge HiCARS 1 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness V001 1 BT-67, DHC-6 HiCARS1 2009-01-02 to 2010-12-21

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

XML, ASCII
IceBridge HiCARS 2 L2 Geolocated Ice Thickness V001 1 BT-67, DHC-6 HiCARS2 2010-12-05 to 2013-01-20

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

XML, ASCII
IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature V001 1 DC-8, P-3B KT19 Pyrometer 2011-10-12 to 2019-05-17

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

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N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

15 Meters x 15 Meters ASCII
IceBridge KT19 IR Surface Temperature V002 2 C-130, P-3B KT19 Pyrometer 2012-03-05 to 2019-05-17

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

15 Meters x 15 Meters ASCII
IceBridge PARIS L2 Ice Thickness V001 1 AIRCRAFT, P-3B RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS, PARIS 2009-04-01 to 2009-05-02

N: 84 S: 60 E: -11 W: -73

ASCII
IceBridge Radar L3 Tomographic Ice Thickness V001 1 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 2010-11-20 to 2013-04-20

N: 83 S: 59 E: -12 W: -74

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N: -63 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
IceBridge Radar L3 Tomographic Thickness Error V001 1 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 2010-11-20 to 2013-04-20

N: -63 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 83 S: 59 E: -12 W: -74

HDF5
IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles V002 2 C-130, DC-8, DHC-3, G-V, P-3B, WP-3D ORION SNOW RADAR 2009-03-31 to 2021-05-13

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4, XML, JPEG
IceBridge WISE L2 Ice Thickness and Surface Elevation V001 1 DHC-3 WISE 2012-03-16 to 2012-03-26

N: 61.7 S: 58.7 E: -137.1 W: -148.6

CSV
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Ice Snow Product in Native Data Format 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9 AVHRR 1983-07-03 to 2009-12-28 Binary
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D1 3-Hourly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised Algorithm in Hierarchical Data Format 1 GMS-1, GMS-2, GMS-3, GMS-4, GMS-5, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, INSAT, METEOSAT-2, METEOSAT-3, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, METEOSAT-8, METEOSAT-9, MTSAT-1R, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, GOES-5, GOES-6, GOES-7, GOES-8, GOES-9 VISSR, GOES I-M Imager, VHRR, NOT APPLICABLE, MVIRI, SEVIRI, JAMI, AVHRR 1983-07-01 to 2009-12-31 HDF4
ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

ASCII Grid
ISLSCP II Northern Hemisphere Monthly Snow Cover Extent 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, and Fractional Snow-Covered Area Maps from Maxar WorldView Satellite Images V001 1 WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 CAMERA 2015-05-20 to 2019-05-05

N: 39.17614 S: 38.86785 E: -108.03228 W: -108.2981

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N: 48.67272 S: 48.48144 E: -120.993 W: -121.20371

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N: 48.44172 S: 48.26972 E: -120.93261 W: -121.17953

GeoTIFF
Level-4 9ka Greenland Ice Sheet Balance Velocity V001 1 DC-8, P-3B ACORDS, ICORDS, MCRDS, MCoRDS 1993-06-23 to 2013-04-26

N: 81.51 S: 58.91 E: 6.62 W: -88.33

5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers netCDF-4
Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
MEaSUREs Annual Antarctic Ice Velocity Maps V001 1 ALOS, ENVISAT, LANDSAT-8, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, TDX, TSX PALSAR, ASAR, OLI, SAR, C-SAR 2005-07-01 to 2025-06-30

N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR V001 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2015-01-01 to 2021-02-03

N: 83 S: 60 E: -14 W: -75

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile
MEaSUREs Greenland 6 and 12 day Ice Sheet Velocity Mosaics from SAR V002 2 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2015-01-01 to 2024-12-20

N: 83 S: 58.5 E: 8.32 W: -90.9

200 Meters x 200 Meters GeoTIFF, JPEG, Shapefile

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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