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SMAPVEX08 Surface Roughness Data V001 1 FIELD SURVEYS CAMERAS 2008-09-29 to 2008-10-13

N: 39.1 S: 38.8 E: -75.6 W: -76.3

1 Meters x 1 Meters ASCII
SMAPVEX12 Surface Roughness Data for Agricultural Area V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2012-06-07 to 2012-07-19

N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51

1 Meters x 1 Meters ASCII, CSV
SMAPVEX12 Surface Roughness Data for Forest Area V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2012-06-07 to 2012-07-19

N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51

Excel, ASCII
SMAPVEX16 Manitoba Surface Roughness Data V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2016-06-10 to 2016-06-15

N: 49.76117 S: 49.38533 E: -97.75626 W: -98.09842

CSV, KMZ
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Lidar Derived Digital Elevation Model V001 1 CESSNA T206H Leica CityMapper-2 2022-04-02 to 2022-08-09

N: 42.72 S: 42.32 E: -71.91 W: -72.33

GeoTIFF
SMAPVEX19-22 Massachusetts Lidar Derived Digital Surface Model V001 1 CESSNA T206H Leica CityMapper-2 2022-08-03 to 2022-08-05

N: 42.72 S: 42.32 E: -71.91 W: -72.33

GeoTIFF
SMAPVEX19-22 Millbrook Lidar Derived Digital Elevation Model V001 1 CESSNA T206H Leica CityMapper-2 2022-04-02 to 2022-08-09

N: 42.05 S: 41.66 E: -73.42 W: -73.81

GeoTIFF
SMAPVEX19-22 Millbrook Lidar Derived Digital Surface Model V001 1 CESSNA T206H Leica CityMapper-2 2022-08-02 to 2022-08-09

N: 42.05 S: 41.66 E: -73.42 W: -73.81

GeoTIFF
SnowEx Colorado 3M Snow Depth Time Series and DEMs from High-Resolution Satellite Image Pairs V001 1 AIRCRAFT, Pleiades-1A, Pleiades-1B, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 LIDAR, CAMERA 2022-03-16 to 2022-05-11

N: 39.21616 S: 38.78595 E: -107.74734 W: -108.38227

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N: 37.35014 S: 36.94601 E: -106.33657 W: -106.86955

1 Meters x 1 Meters
3 Meters x 3 Meters
GeoTIFF
SnowEx Mores Creek Summit (MCS) Airborne LiDAR Survey V001 1 HELICOPTER LIDAR 2021-03-10 to 2025-05-01

N: 43.9748 S: 43.91365 E: -115.64244 W: -115.7305

GeoTIFF
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP QSI Lidar Snow Depth Data V001 1 AIRCRAFT LIDAR 2020-02-01 to 2020-02-02

N: 39.03946 S: 39.00921 E: -108.15775 W: -108.21092

1 Meters x 1 Meters GeoTIFF
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar DEM 0.5m UTM Grid V001 1 King Air LIDAR 2021-09-16 to 2021-09-21

N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661

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N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319

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N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters TIFF
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar DEM 3m UTM Grid V001 1 King Air LIDAR 2021-09-16 to 2021-09-21

N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661

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N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319

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N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384

3 Meters x 3 Meters TIFF
SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid V001 1 King Air LIDAR 2021-03-15 to 2021-03-20

N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661

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N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319

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N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384

3 Meters x 3 Meters TIFF
SnowEx21 Prairie Station Digital Surface Models from UAV-LiDAR V001 1 UAV CAMERA, LIDAR 2021-01-15 to 2021-03-04

N: 47.06554 S: 47.05627 E: -109.94596 W: -109.95956

GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.5M Snow Depth and Canopy Height V001 1 CESSNA 206 Riegl Airborne Lidar 2022-03-11 to 2023-10-25

N: 70 S: 64.5 E: -148 W: -148.5

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP Snow Surface Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS, GPS 2023-04-14 to 2023-04-18

N: 65.15746 S: 63.8619 E: -145.723 W: -147.508

Excel, JPEG
SnowEx23 Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest Terrestrial Lidar Scans V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPS RECEIVERS, LIDAR 2023-03-08 to 2023-03-26

N: 64.714 S: 64.697 E: -148.278 W: -148.325

GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Oct22 Ground Surface Roughness Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2022-10-23 to 2022-10-25

N: 68.7 S: 68.4 E: -149.3 W: -149.5

JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct22 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2022-10-23 to 2022-10-25

N: 68.7 S: 68.4 E: -149.3 W: -149.5

LAZ
SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28

N: 68.7 S: 68.5 E: -149.3 W: -149.6

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N: 65.2 S: 64.8 E: -147.5 W: -147.8

JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28

N: 68.7 S: 68.5 E: -149.3 W: -149.6

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N: 65.2 S: 64.8 E: -147.5 W: -147.8

LAZ
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L1-L3 Ancillary Static Data V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-14 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

Binary, HDF5, ASCII
Standing Crop & Nitrogen Content (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE, COLORIMETERS, INCLINOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1987-10-12

N: 39.1 S: 39.07 E: -96.53 W: -96.59

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Stocks of Surface Soil Organic Carbon Fractions, Great Plains Region, USA, 2007-2010 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS CARBON ANALYZERS, SOIL SAMPLER, Computer 2007-05-01 to 2010-10-01

N: 45.8303 S: 31.2183 E: -94.4349 W: -111.932

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