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Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997

Entry ID: G02131

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Summary

Abstract: This data set contains time series of monthly snow cover extent (SCE) for North America, Eurasia, and the Northern Hemisphere from 1915 to 1997, based on snow cover reconstruction and NOAA satellite data. The reconstruction method used in situ snow depth and daily climate data from the U.S.A., Canada, China, and the former Soviet Union to generate a monthly snow cover index, which was found to be ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 0.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Ross D. Brown

Dataset Title: Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997

Dataset Release Date: 2002-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/G02131.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1915-01-01

Stop Date: 1997-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EURASIA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER > SNOW EXTENT

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER > SNOW EXTENT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

SATELLITES

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

VHRR > Very High Resolution Radiometer

Ancillary Keywords

areally-weighted mean snow depth

HDCD

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: G02131

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 18 KB

Distribution Format: ASCII text file

Personnel

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

ROSS D. BROWN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 514-282-6464 ext. 335

Fax: 514-282-713

Email: ross.brown at ec.gc.ca

Contact Address:

Environment Canada @ Ouranos

550 Sherbrooke St. West, 19th Floor

City: Montreal

Province or State: QC

Postal Code: H3A 1B9

Country: Canada

Publications/References

Brown, R.D. 2000. Northern Hemisphere snow cover variability and change, 1915-1997. J. Climate 13: 2339-2355.

Brown, R.D. 1997. Historical variability in Northern Hemisphere spring snow covered area. Annals of Glaciology 25: 340-346.
Brown, R.D. and R.O. Braaten, 1998. Spatial and temporal variability of Canadian monthly snow depths, 1946-1995. Atmosphere-Ocean 36: 37-45.

Easterling, D.R., P. Jamason, D. Bowman, P.Y. Hughes and E. H. Mason. 1997. Daily snowdepth measurements from 195 stations in the United States. ORNL/CDIAC-95, NDP-059.

Frei, A., M.G. Hughes and D.A. Robinson. 1999. North American snow extent: 1910-1994. Int'l. J. Climatology 19: 1517-1534.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-10-10

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-13

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