GCOS Essential Climate Variables - Terrestial

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GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECV)
Terrestial/ECV T5 Snow Cover

Several elements must be considered under the heading “snow cover”: snow extent, snow depth, snow water equivalent, snow fall and solid precipitation. (from the FAO/GTOS web site)

[ECV Matrix Main Page] [Reference Documents] [Contact] [Updated May 5, 2010]

Non-satellite or in-situ

Satellite

GTN-H > Global Terrestrial network for Hydrology
GHCN-Daily Version 2 (snow depth)
GHCN-Monthly Version 2 (snow depth)
GSNMON -- GSN Monthly (snow depth)
Monthly Global Surface Data (snow depth)
Integrated Surface Hourly (snow depth)
GSOD > Global Summary of the Day (snow depth)
WMO-GTS Synoptic Reports for Stations (coverage & frequency)
The Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys (NSIDC) (snow depth & water equivalent)
NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
The Historical Soviet Daily Snow Depth Version 2 (HSDSD) (NSIDC)
NWS/COOP Daily Snow Depth & Snow Fall Graphics & Data
NWS Climate Prediction Center
NCDC Recent Snowfall & Snow Depth Maps

Interactive Multisensor Snow & Ice Mapping System (IMS) Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow & Ice Analysis (NOAA) (snow cover extent)
Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 3 (NSIDC) (snow cover extent)
NSIDC Near Real-Time SSM/I EASE-GRID Daily Global Ice Concetration & Snow Extent product ) Near Real-Time Ice & Snow Extent, NISE) (snow cover extent)
NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (info) (snow cover extent)
The NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) (snow cover extent)
WDC-RSAT > World Data Center for Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
NASA HDISC > Hydrology Data and Information Services Center

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