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SnowEx Colorado 3M Snow Depth Time Series and DEMs from High-Resolution Satellite Image Pairs, Version 1
Data set id:
SNEX_HRSI_SD_DEM_CO
DOI: 10.5067/7QCNCHVQMCI8
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set contains a time series of snow depth maps and related intermediary snow-on and snow-off DEMs for Grand Mesa, Colorado derived from very-high-resolution (VHR) satellite stereo images and lidar point cloud data. Two of the snow depth maps coincide temporally with the 2017 NASA SnowEx Grand Mesa field campaign, providing a comparison between the satellite derived snow depth and in-situ snow depth measurements. The VHR stereo images were acquired each year between 2016 and 2022 during the approximate timing of peak snow depth by the Maxar WorldView-2, WorldView-3, and CNES/Airbus Pléiades-HR 1A and 1B satellites, while lidar data was sourced from the USGS 3D Elevation Program.
Parameter(s):
DIGITAL ELEVATION/TERRAIN MODEL (DEM)SNOW DEPTH
Platform(s):
AIRCRAFT, Pleiades-1A, Pleiades-1B, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3
Sensor(s):
CAMERA, LIDAR
Data Format(s):
GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
19 February 2016 to 2 March 2022
Temporal Resolution:
  • Not applicable
Spatial Resolution:
  • 1.0 meter
  • 3.0 meter
  • 1.0 meter
  • 3.0 meter
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / UTM zone 12N
EPSG:32612
Spatial Coverage:
N:
39.216156
S:
38.785954
E:
-107.747336
W:
-108.382269
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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