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AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids, Version 2
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids, Version 2
Data set id:
AE_DySno
DOI: 10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_DYSNO.002
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Tedesco, M., Kelly, R., Foster, J. L. & Chang, A. T. (2004). AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids. (AE_DySno, Version 2). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AMSR-E/AE_DYSNO.002. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 09-08-2025.
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These Level-3 Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) data sets contain SWE data and quality assurance flags mapped to Northern and Southern Hemisphere 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids).
Parameter(s):
SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
Platform(s):
AQUA
Sensor(s):
AMSR-E
Data Format(s):
HDF-EOS2
Temporal Coverage:
19 June 2002 to 3 October 2011
Temporal Resolution:
1 day
Spatial Resolution:
25 km
25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
NSIDC EASE-Grid North
EPSG:3408
NSIDC EASE-Grid South
EPSG:3409
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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