High Mountain Asia Langtang Snow Properties, Version 1
Data set id:
HMA_Snowfield
DOI: 10.5067/VWBLZDUZSTK2
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Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains measurements of several different snow properties, including reflectance at 1310 nm, specific surface area, and optical mean radius, collected on the Yala Glacier, Nepal. These data were collected on 23 April and 24 April 2018 by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) using the IceCube instrument.
Parameter(s):
REFLECTANCE
SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
IceCube
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
- 23 April 2018 to 24 April 2018
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84EPSG:4326
Spatial Coverage:
- N:28.21502S:28.21502E:85.60986W:85.60986
- N:28.23464S:28.23464E:85.60918W:85.60918
- N:28.23467S:28.23467E:85.60915W:85.60915
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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