Global Seasonal-Snow Classification, Version 1

Description

This data set consists of global, seasonal snow classifications—e.g., tundra, boreal forest, maritime, ephemeral, prairie, montane forest, and ice—determined from air temperature, precipitation, and wind speed climatologies. Data are available on global, North America, and Eurasia latitude-longitude grids at four resolutions: 10 arcsec (~300 m), 30 arcsec (~1 km), 2.5 arcmin (~5 km), and 0.5° (~50 km).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2F99FTCYYYLAQ0
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/99FTCYYYLAQ0
21 Direct download via HTTPS protocol. https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/nsidc0768_global_seasonal_snow_classification_v01

Tags

  • snow-ice
  • cryosphere
  • earth-science

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