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High Mountain Asia Langtang Snow Bidirectional Reflectance Factor, Version 1
Data set id:
HMA_SBRF
DOI: 10.5067/ZLD430XEIP44
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set contains snow bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF) between 350 and 2500 nm collected on the Yala Glacier on 23 April and 24 April 2018 by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
Parameter(s):
BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE FACTOR
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
IceCube
Data Format(s):
netCDF-3
Temporal Coverage:
  • 23 April 2018 to 24 April 2018
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • not applicable
  • not applicable
Spatial Reference System(s):
  • WGS 84
    EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    28.23525
    S:
    28.23525
    E:
    85.61268
    W:
    85.61268
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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