SnowEx20 Laser Snow Microstructure Specific Surface Area Data, Version 1
Data set id:
SNEX20_SSA
DOI: 10.5067/SNMM6NGGKWIT
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Initial release
Overview
This data set contains vertical profiles of snow reflectance, specific surface area (SSA), and spherical equivalent snow grain diameter. Data were collected during the SnowEx 2020 Grand Mesa, Colorado Intensive Observation Period between 27 January and 12 February 2020. Reflectance was measured at snow pits using one of two integrating sphere laser devices, IRIS (InfraRed IntegraXng Sphere) or IceCube. SSA and spherical equivalent diameter were then derived from reflectance.
Parameter(s):
REFLECTANCESNOW GRAIN SIZESPECIFIC SURFACE AREA
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
IRIS, IceCube
Data Format(s):
PNG, CSV
Temporal Coverage:
27 January 2020 to 12 February 2020
Temporal Resolution:
- Not applicable
Spatial Resolution:
- varies
- varies
Spatial Reference System(s):
WGS 84 / UTM zone 12N
EPSG:32612
Spatial Coverage:
N:
39.06417
S:
39.0087
E:
-108.00312
W:
-108.22143
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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