NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE), Version 1

Description

This NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) is a record for the Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE) spanning from October 4, 1966 to present, updated monthly after the 10th of each month. Data prior to June 1999 in the NH SCE CDR are based on satellite-derived maps of NH SCE produced weekly by trained NOAA meteorologists. In June 1999 weekly NOAA NH SCE maps ceased production, and were replaced by daily SCE output from the Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS). The weekly SCE maps are digitized to an 88x88 (cells) Cartesian grid laid over a NH polar stereographic projection. Each grid cell in the NH SCE CDR has a binary value, indicating snow covered or snow free. The NH SCE CDR has been used in international assessments of climate variability and change, and in investigations regarding the role of snow cover in the climate system. Mapping accuracy is such that this product is considered suitable for continental-scale climate studies. The data are updated monthly in netCDF file format with variables including SCE and National Meteorological Center (NMC) grid (88x88 cell) coordinates.

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Name Format Description Link
DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Unknown Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. Open resource
DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Unknown Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. Open resource
A long-term Northern Hemisphere snow cover extent data record for climate studies and monitoring Unknown Landing page for paper. Open resource
NCEI Dataset Landing Page Unknown Landing page for the dataset. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords Unknown The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. Open resource
Azure Landing Page (Region: us-east) HTML Information on Microsoft Azure data access. Open resource
AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1) HTML Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. Open resource
Registry of Open Data on AWS Unknown Information on AWS data access. Open resource
NOAA CDR page Unknown Access to the published CDR product, documentation and source code. Open resource
NCEI Direct Download Unknown Direct download of the CDR files. Open resource
CDR Program Contacts Unknown Contact information for the CDR Program. Open resource
NCEI THREDDS Catalog HTML THREDDS Data Service for this dataset. Open resource
Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover variability and change over 1922 to 2010 including an assessment of uncertainty HTML Landing page for paper. Open resource

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