Rand Corporation Mean Monthly Global Snow Depth, Version 1
Data set id:
G00788
DOI: 10.7265/N57P8W9K
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

This data set provides monthly snow depth for the entire globe (excluding Africa and South America) from 1950 to 1976. All available monthly snow depth climatologies were integrated by the Rand Corporation in the early 1980s into one global digital data set gridded at 4 degree latitude x 5 degree longitude.
Parameter(s):
SNOW DEPTH
Platform(s):
GROUND STATIONS, WEATHER STATIONS
Sensor(s):
SNOW MEASURING ROD, WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS
Data Format(s):
PDF, ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1950 to 31 December 1976
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 month
Spatial Resolution:
  • 5 degrees
  • 4 degrees
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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