Raster · collection · 2026
NIVAL Mores Creek Summit Snow Depth, Canopy Height, and DTM from Airborne LiDAR V001
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
This data set provides digital terrain models (DTM), digital surface models (DSM), snow depth (SD), and canopy height models (CHM), derived from point cloud data acquired by airborne lidar scanning over a 35 km² region of the Mores Creek Headwaters in the Boise Mountains of central Idaho.
Description
This LiDAR dataset builds upon an existing collection of monthly LiDAR surveys of the same domain that began with the NASA SnowEx field campaign in 2021.
Data were collected between 03 December 2025 and 04 April 2026 and timed to align with the 12-day overpass interval of the NASA and Indian Space Agency Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite. Thus, the snow depth raster images available in this data set can be used to validate NISAR satellite data.
Links
Get the data
- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C4180397885-NSIDC_CPRD ↗
Quickly download a few files using a web browser, or access data through a command-line utility such as WGET.
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C4180397885-NSIDC_CPRD ↗
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- earthaccess.readthedocs.io /en/stable ↗
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- nsidc.org /data/data-access-tool/NIVAL_MCS_Lidar/versions/1 ↗
Search data by spatial and/or temporal ranges or file name. Choose from various download options, including a Python script.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/dpfdh2m49dqg ↗
Provides access to data, documentation, tools, citation information, support, and other resources.
landing page · documentation · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- nsidc.org /sites/default/files/documents/user-guide/nival_mcs_lidar-v001-… ↗
NIVAL Mores Creek Summit Snow Depth, Canopy Height, and DTM from Airborne LiDAR, Version 1 User Guide
documentation · from NASA CMR
- nsidc.org /sites/default/files/documents/technical-reference/nival_mcs_li… ↗
Boise, Idaho Airborne LiDAR Survey at Mores Creek Summit and Camas Prairie 2025-2026 Snow Season Report
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4180397885-NSIDC_CPRD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4180397885-NSIDC_CPRD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 16 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4180397885-NSIDC_CPRD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3707 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.1.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:lidar | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/canopy-characteristics/vegetation-height | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/cryosphere/snow-ice/snow-depth | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/topography/terrain-elevation/digital-elevation-terrain-model-dem | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/land-surface/topography/terrain-elevation/digital-surface-model-dsm | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:helicopter | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |