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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

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V004 4 DMSP 5D-3/F17 SSMIS 2009-08-17 to Present

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Near-Real-Time SSM/I-SSMIS EASE-Grid Daily Global Ice Concentration and Snow Extent V005 5 DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2016-12-01 to Present

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution V001 (NHSNOWM) at GES DISC 001 GOES AVHRR 2000-01-01 to 2014-11-30

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

NRT AMSR2 DAILY L3 GLOBAL SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT EASE-GRIDS V0 0 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 null HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 L2B GLOBAL SWATH GSFC PROFILING ALGORITHM 2010: SURFACE PRECIPITATION, WIND SPEED OVER OCEAN, WATER VAPOR OVER OCEAN AND CLOUD LIQUID WATER OVER OCEAN 0 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 N/A HDF-EOS-5
NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V1 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 21 km netCDF-4; HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent R01 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 null HDF-EOS5
NRT AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2021-04-15

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

HDF-EOS5
Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowoff Date Maps, 1988-2023 1.0 DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18, DMSP SSMIS, SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2023-12-31

N: 90 S: 37.9787 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Potential Areas of Gas Seepage Detected by SAR in Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, ALOS Computer, PALSAR 2006-12-04 to 2011-03-17

N: 65.1787 S: 64.3313 E: -146.87 W: -148.287

multiple
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Snow/Ice Data Tools

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Tool 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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