Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0447
DOI: 10.5067/W9FOYWH0EQZ3
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release
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Overview

This data set consists of a Northern Hemisphere subset of the Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) operational global daily snow depth analysis. Data include daily analyzed snow depths, as well as monthly means and climatologies of snow depth and estimated snow water equivalent (SWE).
Parameter(s):
SNOW DEPTHSNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
Platform(s):
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
Sensor(s):
SNOW MEASURING ROD
Data Format(s):
GeoTIFF, ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 August 1998 to 31 December 2020
Temporal Resolution:
  • 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 24 km
  • 24 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
0
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

Data Access & Tools

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HTTPS File System

Get Data
Quickly download a few files using a web browser, or access the data through a command-line utility such as WGET.
Programmatic Data Access Guide
Type:
service
View Metadata

NSIDC-0447 Read, Visualize, Convert Scripts

Visualize
Customize
Use Python scripts to read and visualize daily and monthly snow depth and snow water equivalent ASCII files from the Canadian Meteorological Center Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data (NSIDC-0477) product. Convert a one-year snow depth ASCII file to GeoTIFF.
Supported software languages:
Python
Type: Downloadable Software
Last updated:
Customization Capabilities:
data reformatting
Output Formats:
GEOTIFF
 

Documentation

Help Articles

How to Articles

How to read and visualize CMC daily or monthly ASCII files
There are python scripts available for reading and quickly visualizing the daily and monthly snow depth and snow water equivalent ASCII files from the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) Daily Snow Depth Analysis Data.
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Programmatic Access Guide for Data on daacdata.apps
Data from the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) can be accessed directly from our HTTPS file system. We provide basic command line Wget and curl instructions for HTTPS file system downloads below.
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