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New data sets released: SnowEx20 Raw Near Surface Snow Temperature Profile Time Series and SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP BSU Multi-polarization 1 GHz GPR CMP Raw

The SnowEx20 Raw Near Surface Snow Temperature Profile Time Series, Version 1 and SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP BSU Multi-polarization 1 GHz GPR CMP Raw, Version 1 data sets, are now available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC).

The SnowEx20 Raw Near Surface Snow Temperature Profile Time Series data set contains an eight-day time series of vertical temperature profile measurements. Measurements were collected using a thermoprobe to a depth of 30 cm at two site locations. These data were collected as part of the SnowEx 2020 Intensive Observation Period in Grand Mesa, Colorado. Alongside temperature profiles, this data set contains snow depth measurements, manual temperature measurements, and thermal infrared camera images. These data are published without QA/QC or calibration with manual measurements.

The SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP BSU Multi-polarization 1 GHz GPR CMP Raw data set contains the geolocated, unprocessed, common midpoint (CMP) gathers from a Sensors & Software pulseEKKO PRO 1 GHz multi-polarization ground penetrating radar (GPR). Multi-offset gathers were collected by placing antennas on the snow surface and expanding the antenna separation about a fixed midpoint out to a 2 m offset. CMP gathers were collected in HH and HV polarizations.Data were collected at three locations around Grand Mesa IOP snow pits 2N12 and 1S8 (see DOI: 10.5067/DUD2VZEVBJ7S for more details on Grand Mesa IOP snow pits). Data at snow pit 2N12 were acquired on the groomed snowmobile road (CMP1), in the fresh snow behind the snow pit wall (CMP2), and in the right rut of the SUSV track (CMP3). Data at snow pit 1S8 were acquired in the right rut of the SUSV track (CMP1), in the left rut of the SUSV track (CMP2), and in the fresh snow behind the snow pit wall (CMP3). These data can be used to estimate snow depth, snow density, and snow water equivalent (SWE).

SnowEx20 Raw Near Surface Snow Temperature Profile Time Series Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/9HYQMFZP4ALB 

SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP BSU Multi-polarization 1 GHz GPR CMP Raw Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/CL5ZRBCEF8G3