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Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution V001 (NHSNOWM) at GES DISC

Entry ID: GES_DISC_NHSNOWM_V001

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Summary

Abstract: The short name for this product is Snow Cover Statistics. The dataset
was prepared by Dr. Peter Romanov at Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies
(CICS) of the University of Maryland for the NASA NEESPI Data and Service
Center.

The product includes the monthly snow statistics (frequency of occurrence)
and the snow occurrence climatology for Northern ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA > MIRADOR

Description: Access the data through the GES-DISC Mirador fast data search and download system.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 0.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Peter Romanov, PhD

Dataset Title: Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Monthly Statistics at 1 Degree Resolution

Dataset Series Name: ims_snow

Dataset Release Date: October 20, 2006

Dataset Release Place: NASA GSFC

Dataset Publisher: NASA NEESPI Data and Service Center

Version: 001

Issue Identification: NHSNOWM

Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data

Online Resource: http://neespi.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-01-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Temporal Resolution: Monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER

ISO Topic Category

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Use Constraints Please cite the dataset originator if you use this data.

Ancillary Keywords

NEESPI, NASA

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA