Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997  View Catalog Page Entry ID
G02131
Summary
This data set contains time series of monthly snow cover extent (SCE) for North America, Eurasia, and the Northern Hemisphere from 1915 to 1997, based on snow cover reconstruction and NOAA satellite data. The reconstruction method used in situ snow depth and daily climate data from the U.S.A., Canada, China, and the former Soviet Union to generate a monthly snow cover index, which was found to be closely related to satellite-derived estimates of SCE in certain months. Brown (2000) describes the method, which is considered to be more robust than SCE reconstruction based on statistical methods (see Brown, 1997; Frei et al., 1999).
In addition, the data set contains time series of annual variation in areally-averaged monthly snow depth and (SWE) for the North American grid domain used to derive the snow cover index. These provide additional insights into secular changes in snow cover over North America since SCE and depth variations are not always positively correlated.
Data are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 90°
S: 0°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Brown, R. D.
Dataset Title: Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997
Dataset Release Date: 2002-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g02131.html
Dataset DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5V985Z6
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1915-01-01
Stop Date: 1997-12-31
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION EURASIA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover Snow Extent
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover Snow Extent
Ancillary Keywords
- areally-weighted mean snow depth
- HDCD
- Historical Daily Climate Dataset
- linear regression analysis
- mean snow depth
- North American mid-latitudes
- reconstructed
- SCE
- Snow
- Snow Cover
- snow cover extent
- Snow Depth
- Snow Extent
- Snow Water Equivalent
- SWE
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND STATIONS
- NOAA-4 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-4
- NOAA POES NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
- VHRR Very High Resolution Radiometer
Data Set Progress
complete
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 18 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Ross D. Brown
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 514 282-6464 x335
Fax: 1 514-282-713
Email: ross.brown@ec.gc.ca
Contact Address:
- Environment Canada @ Ouranos
- 550 Sherbrooke St. West, 19th Floor
City: Montréal
Province or State: QC
Postal Code: H3A 1B9
Country: Canada
Ross D. Brown
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 514 282-6464 x335
Fax: 1 514-282-713
Email: ross.brown@ec.gc.ca
Contact Address:
- Environment Canada @ Ouranos
- 550 Sherbrooke St. West, 19th Floor
City: Montréal
Province or State: QC
Postal Code: H3A 1B9
Country: Canada
Related URL
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Reconstructed North American Snow Extent, 1900-1993
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
This site provides access to data and documentation.
Reference
Brown, R.D. 2000. Northern Hemisphere snow cover variability and change, 1915-1997. J. Climate 13: 2339-2355.
Brown, R.D. 1997. Historical variability in Northern Hemisphere spring snow covered area. Annals of Glaciology 25: 340-346.
Brown, R.D. and R.O. Braaten, 1998. Spatial and temporal variability of Canadian monthly snow depths, 1946-1995. Atmosphere-Ocean 36: 37-45. Easterling, D.R., P. Jamason, D. Bowman, P.Y. Hughes and E. H. Mason. 1997. Daily snowdepth measurements from 195 stations in the United States. ORNL/CDIAC-95, NDP-059.
Frei, A., M.G. Hughes and D.A. Robinson. 1999. North American snow extent: 1910-1994. Int'l. J. Climatology 19: 1517-1534.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-07
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