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NRCS SNOTEL Snow Depth Products

Snow depth products produced by the SNOTEL network of over 800 automated data collection sites located in remote, high-elevation mountain watersheds in the western U.S.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
pdf
csv
Data Type
Land-based Station

Real-Time Spatial Estimates of Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Reports

Provided by the University of Colorado Boulder and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, these reports provide near-real-time estimates of snow-water equivalent (SWE) at a spatial resolution of 50

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2014 - Present
File Format
images
pdf
csv
Data Type
Model

Sierra Nevada and Upper Colorado River Basin Water Storage Tracker

The CNAP Sierra Nevada Water Storage Tracker provides daily reservoir storage and snowpack information. 

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
Data Type
Land-based Station

SNODAS Gridded Snow Depth for the U.S.

SNODAS provides estimates of snow cover, depth, snow water equivalent (SWE) and associated variables to support hydrologic modelling and analysis.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2003 - Present
File Format
text (ascii)
other
Data Type
Model