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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 | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM Ground Validation Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) 2014 IFloodS V3 | 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 | IOWA | N: 51.9073 S: 32.0518 E: -59.9776 W: -123.83 | HDF5 |
| GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs IFloodS Version 1 | GROUND STATIONS | N: 43.37 S: 42.28 E: -91.18 W: -93.5 | ASCII | |||
| GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs MC3E Version 1 | GROUND STATIONS | N: 36.7 S: 36.5 E: -97.4 W: -97.6 | TAR/TGZ | |||
| GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) C3VP V1 | GROUND STATIONS | 2DVD | 2006-12-02 to 2007-04-09 | CANADA | N: 44.2432 S: 44.2232 E: -79.7706 W: -79.7906 | ASCII |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) WFF Version 1 | GROUND STATIONS | 2DVD | N: 37.9442 S: 37.9289 E: -75.4572 W: -75.4781 | ASCII | ||
| High Mountain Asia 2 m DEM, Surface Velocity, and Lagrangian Surface Mass Balance for Select Debris Covered Glaciers V001 | GEOEYE-1, WORLDVIEW-1, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 | GIS, WV60, WV110 | 2012-12-23 to 2017-12-22 | NEPAL | N: 28.39 S: 28.2 E: 85.77 W: 85.51 | GeoTIFF |
| High Mountain Asia Annual 90m Glacier Surface Melt/Freeze Phenology from SAR Imagery V001 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B | C-SAR | 2017-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | HIMALAYAS | N: 39.3278838 S: 15.9481506 E: 105.0568047 W: 60.8416366 | GeoTIFF |
| High Mountain Asia ASCAT Freeze/Thaw/Melt Status V001 | MetOP | ASCAT | 2009-01-01 to 2017-10-12 | HIMALAYAS | N: 44.683 S: 19.125 E: 105.577 W: 63.427 | PNG, HDF5, GeoTIFF |
| High Mountain Asia COAWST 6-Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01 | HIMALAYAS | N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684 | netCDF-3 |
| High Mountain Asia COAWST Daily 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 | MODELS | NOT APPLICABLE | 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30 | HIMALAYAS | N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684 | netCDF-4 |
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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 | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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