Data · collection
United States Snow Climatology
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
United States Snow Climatology describes the snow climatology of the United States.
Description
Snowfall and snow depth data through 1996 were analyzed for 5525 stations in the contiguous U.S. and Alaska. Climatic variables include daily, monthly, and seasonal snowfall and snow depth (snow cover).
Computed statistics include mean, median, quartiles, extremes, frequencies, and the number of years with non-missing data. Several indicators were computed, based on the data and metadata, to enable the user to assess the quality of the stations. These include frequencies of station moves and observation time changes, number of missing values and breaks in the record, number of values failing the QC checks, and percentages indicating how complete the data record is.
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The Snow Climatology CD-ROM also includes files from two other NCDC projects: return period statistics of seasonal (August-July) 1-day, 2-day, and 3-day extreme snowfall, and total seasonal snowfall amount, for 10-year, 25-year, 50-year, and 100-year return periods; 1961-1990 snowfall and snow depth normals. The CD-ROM set is a collection of DOS ASCII files; the CD contains no software or extraction routines that allow the user to import data directly into spreadsheets or other applications.
However, a file may be easily copied from the CD-ROM onto a hard drive or other device with the DOS copy command for manipulation. The text files are easily read by a word processor or text file editor.
Links
Get the data
- data.nodc.noaa.gov /cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc%3AC00000 ↗
Dataset landing page with general information and access links for the dataset.
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- doi.org /10.7289/v5pn93jp ↗
For more information about the newest version of the U.S. Climate Normals products, follow the links to general documentation, information and downloads of the 1981-2000 dataset.
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2102892413-NOAA_NCEI.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2102892413-NOAA_NCEI.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS · Not provided · Snow · Snow Depth · Snow Depth · SNOW MEASURING ROD
- Inferred from text
- Text 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2102892413-NOAA_NCEI | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:snow-measuring-rod | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/precipitation/solid-precipitation/snow | 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/hydrosphere/snow-ice/snow-depth | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:text | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:meteorological-stations | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| 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 |