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New data set released: SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Intensive Observation Period Snow Pit Measurements, Version 1

The SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Intensive Observation Period Snow Pit Measurements, Version 1 data set, is now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC). This data set contains snow pit observations from the SnowEx 2020 Grand Mesa Intensive Observation Period. Data were collected from 154 snow pits on Grand Mesa, Colorado between 27 January and 12 February 2020. The main parameters for this data set are: snow temperature, snow depth, snow density, snow stratigraphy, snow grain size, liquid water content, and snow water equivalent. In addition to data files, this data set also contains site photos from each snow pit.

Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/DUD2VZEVBJ7S