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Snow Cover Maps

U.S. NIC provides snow maps produced using the Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) depicting the extent of daily snow and ice coverage in the Northern Hemisphere.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
1997 - Present
File Format
images
geotiff
Data Type
Satellite

Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) Snow Depth and Snow Water Equivalent 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

Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN)

The Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) provides soil and climate data to support natural resource assessments and conservation activities, focusing on agricultural areas of the U.S.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1991 - Present
File Format
csv
other
Data Type
Land-based Station

Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission is an orbiting observatory that measures the amount of water in the top 5 cm of soil everywhere on the Earth’s surface every 3 days.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
2015 - present
File Format
other
Data Type
Satellite