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NSIDC-0447.001Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) Daily Snow Depth Analysis DataBrown, R. D. & Brasnett, B.Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data2010-02-10Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center1false10.5067/W9FOYWH0EQZ3https://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/nsidc-0447-v001-userguide_0.pdfNSIDC-0447Technical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USATechnical ContactLawrenceMudrykLawrence.mudryk@canada.caCanadaEARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESEA ICESNOW DEPTH EARTH SCIENCECRYOSPHERESNOW/ICESNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Imagery/Base Maps/Earth CoverClimatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereAMSR-E-related projectMODIS-related projectSNOW MEASURING RODMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONSMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS1998-08-012020-12-31active090-180180CONTINENTNORTH AMERICAGEOGRAPHIC REGIONARCTIC24 km24 km1 dayThese data are freely, openly, and fully accessible, provided that you are logged into your NASA Earthdata profile (https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/).These data are available to use provided that you cite the data according to the recommended citation at https://nsidc.org/about/use_copyright.html and under the following conditions:
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For more information on the NASA EOSDIS Data Use Policy, see https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy.EnglishNASA NSIDC DAACNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAHTTPSGeoTIFFHTTPSASCIIBrasnett, Bruce. 1999. A Global Analysis of Snow Depth for Numerical Weather Prediction. Journal of Applied Meteorology 38: 726-740.
Brown, Ross D. and Philip W. Mote. 2008. The Response of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover to a Changing Climate. Journal of Climate 22: 2124–2145.
Brown, Ross D., Bruce Brasnett, and David Robison. 2003. Gridded North American Monthly Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalent for GCM Evaluation. Atmosphere-Ocean 41: 1-14.
Liston, G. E., and M. Sturm. 1998. A Snow-Transport Model for Complex Terrain. Journal of Glaciology 44: 498-516.
Sturm, M., J. Holmgren, and G. E. Liston. 1995. A Seasonal Snow Cover Classification System for Local to Global Applications. Journal of Climate 8: 1261-1283.This data set consists of a Northern Hemisphere subset of the Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) operational global daily snow depth analysis. Data include daily analyzed snow depths, as well as monthly means and climatologies of snow depth and estimated snow water equivalent (SWE).VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/nsidc-0447-v001-userguide_0.pdfCanadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data, Version 1 User GuideGET DATAhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0447_CMC_snow_depth_v01/HTTPSVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttp://nsidc.org/data/g02156.htmlIMS Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow and Ice Analysis at 4 km and 24 km ResolutionVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttp://nsidc.org/data/g02158.htmlSnow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) Data Products at NSIDCVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttp://nsidc.org/data/g02131.htmlReconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1900-1997PROJECT HOME PAGEhttp://nsidc.org/data/amsr_validation/index.htmlAMSR-E Validation DataPROJECT HOME PAGEhttp://nsidc.org/data/modis/index.htmlMODIS DataPROJECT HOME PAGEhttp://nsidc.org/data/amsre/index.htmlAMSR-E/Aqua DataCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92010-02-102026-02-17NSIDCVersion SummaryInitial releaseNSIDCMinor Version1Version 1.1 includes the following updates:
- New and updated data files incorporating 2012 data
- Updated data files for all 1998 data
- Updated data file for 2009 daily snow depth data
- Improved binary land/sea mask1998-08-012018-12-3112Version 1.2 includes the following updates:
- New and updated data files incorporating 2019 data
- New file name convention and directory reorganization to more easily indicate file contents and temporal resolution. 1998-08-012019-12-3123Version 1.3 includes the following updates:
- Temporal coverage expanded to 2020
- 2019 files, cmc_sdepth_dly_2019_v01.2.tif and cmc_sdepth_dly_2019_v01.2 .tif.aux.xml reprocessed, and V01.3 appended to file name, to make the NoData value consistent across all records; value now equals -1.7e+308 1998-08-012020-12-313NSIDCUpdate Frequencyupdated annuallyNSIDCCurrent Version1NSIDCLevel of ServiceComprehensiveNSIDCFull Dataset CitationBrown, R. D. & Brasnett, B. (2010). <i>Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data</i>. (NSIDC-0447, Version 1). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/W9FOYWH0EQZ3">https://doi.org/10.5067/W9FOYWH0EQZ3</a>. [<i><describe subset used if applicable></i>].NSIDCRetiredfalseNSIDCRelated Servicesapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalseamyygillilandmmt_service_12717S1977897447-NSIDCV0NSIDCV06service2025-04-01T22:12:52.112Zhttps://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/NSIDCV0_DAAC_Data_HTTPS_File_SystemNOT PROVIDED1HTTPS File SystemQuickly download a few files using a web browser, or access the data through a command-line utility such as WGET.https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/help-center/programmatic-access-guide-data-daacdataappsVIEW RELATED INFORMATIONProgrammatic Data Access GuidePublicationURLUSER SERVICESNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgDATA ACCESS/RETRIEVALDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESThis is the most current release of this service.DEVELOPERORIGINATORPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive CenterNASA NSIDC DAACNASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) at NSIDChttps://nsidc.org/daacNSIDC DAAC Home Pagehttps://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/service/v1.4UMM-S1.4https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0447_CMC_snow_depth_v01/NSIDCRelated Toolsapplication/vnd.nasa.cmr.umm+jsonfalseamy.steikermmt_tool_15960TL2050064692-NSIDCV0NSIDCV04tool2022-05-06T22:10:04.224ZDOWNLOAD SOFTWAREhttps://github.com/nsidc/nsidc0447-scriptsDistributionURLNSIDCV0_0447Downloadable Tool1NSIDC-0447 Read, Visualize, Convert ScriptsUse Python scripts to read and visualize daily and monthly snow depth and snow water equivalent ASCII files from the Canadian Meteorological Center Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data (NSIDC-0477) product. Convert a one-year snow depth ASCII file to GeoTIFF.DATA VISUALIZATIONDATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATIONEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESDATA INTEROPERABILITYDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESDATA REFORMATTINGDATA CUSTOMIZATIONDATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLINGEARTH SCIENCE SERVICESSERVICE PROVIDERNSIDC DAAC User ServicesEmailnsidc@nsidc.orgAUTHORDEVELOPERPUBLISHERSERVICE PROVIDERNSIDC Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daac/NSIDC_DAACAUTHORTorrenceChrisAUTHORStaffordTreyAUTHORRoebuckJennifer2021-04-14T00:00:00.000ZThis is the most current release of this tool.https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/umm/tool/v1.0UMM-T1.0ASCIIGEOTIFFPythonhttps://github.com/nsidc/nsidc0447-scripts