G01170 Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys, 1966-1996 Richard Armstrong and Alexander Krenke Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys, 1966-1996 1998-01-011990, 2002 Boulder, Colorado USA NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org/data/g01170.html Investigator Richard Armstrong rlax@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

National Snow and Ice Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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Boulder Colorado 80309-0449 USA Investigator Alexander Krenke climat@glas.apr.org 7 095 923-28-89 7 095 938-21-73

Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography

Laboratory of Dynamical and Historical Climatology

Staromonetny 29

Moscow, 109017

Russia

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National Snow and Ice Data Center

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Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Depth EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Water Equivalent EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Depth EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Water Equivalent Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere SNOW MEASURING ROD WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS 1966-01-10 1996-12-31 complete 35 80 30 180 CONTINENT ASIA CONTINENT EUROPE EASTERN EUROPE RUSSIA FORMER SOVIET UNION GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR The Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys underwent a quality control process at NSIDC. This process involved examination of values with regards to normal climatological values and various bounding values. The dataset was also examined for individual record consistency. English NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org Data Center Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

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Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA NSIDC_NOAA NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http://nsidc.org/noaa/ Data Center Contact NSIDC NOAA User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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University of Colorado

Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA FTP

The Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys are based on observations made by personnel at 1,345 sites throughout the Former Soviet Union between 1966 and 1990, and over 200 of those sites between 1991 and 1996. These observations include snow depths at World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stations and snow depth and snow water equivalent measured over a nearby snow course transect. The station snow depth measurements are a ten-day average of individual snow depth measurements. The transect snow depth data are the spatial average of 100 to 200 individual measuring points. The transect snow water equivalent is the spatial average of 20 individual measuring points. Data were acquired from the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, and data were digitized in Russia under the supervision of Professor Alexander Krenke. The development of this data set was funded by the NOAA Environmental Services, Data, and Information Management (ESDIM) program through the NOAA/NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).

VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE http://nsidc.org/data/swe Snow Water Equivalent Field Measurements USA/NOAA CEOS IDN DIF 9.7 1998-01-01 2008-10-27 Updated summary.