NSIDC-0216Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover ExtentRichard ArmstrongNorthern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent2003-04-30Landover, Maryland USAGoddard: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center1falsehttps://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0216/versions/1NSIDC-0216InvestigatorRichardArmstrongrlax@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderColorado80309-0449USAInvestigatorMaryJ.Brodzikbrodzik@nsidc.orgNational Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449InvestigatorKennethKnowlesNational Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USATechnical ContactEricBrownde ClostounNASA/GSFCGreenbeltMD20771USAEARTH SCIENCECryosphereSea IceIce Extent ICE EXTENTEARTH SCIENCEOceansSea IceIce Extent ICE EXTENTEARTH SCIENCECryosphereSnow/IceSnow Cover SNOW COVEREARTH SCIENCETerrestrial HydrosphereSnow/IceSnow Cover SNOW COVERClimatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereGoddard Space Flight CenterNorthern HemisphereSea Ice ExtentSea Ice ExtentsSeasonal Snow CoverSnow CoverTotal Sea Ice ConcentrationGOES I-M IMAGERSMMRScanning Multichannel Microwave RadiometerSSM/ISpecial Sensor Microwave/ImagerDMSPDefense Meteorological Satellite ProgramGOESNOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental SatellitesNimbus-7Nimbus-71978-10-012001-06-30complete24.583.5-179.5179.5Geographic RegionNorthern HemisphereISLSCPInternational Satellite Land Surface Climatology ProjectEnglishORNL_DAACThis data set is held at International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) and is derived from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent product. The NSIDC product combines snow cover and sea ice extent at weekly intervals for October 1978 through June 2001, and snow cover alone from 1966 through June 2001. (Sea ice data were not available prior to October 23, 1978.) Designed to facilitate study of Northern Hemisphere seasonal fluctuations of snow cover and sea ice extent, the original NSIDC data set includes monthly climatologies describing average extent, probability of occurrence, and variance.
This data set shows the extent of snow on the land at a variety of scales (1 degree, 0.5 degrees, and 0.25 degrees). The values represent the percentage of days in each month where snow was present. 100 means 100% of the month, 80 means 80% of the month, etc.
These data are available from the ISLSCP data archive.https://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0216/versions/1GET DATAhttps://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=982Get External DataCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92003-04-302023-05-23NSIDCVersion SummaryNSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCCurrent Version1NSIDCFull Dataset Citation2003. <i>Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent.</i> [indicate subset used]. Landover, Maryland USA: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. [Date Accessed].NSIDCRetiredfalse