fa20aaa2060e40cabf5fedce7a9716d0 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 dataset Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:21:12 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 ESA Snow Climate Change Initiative (Snow_cci): Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) level 3C daily global climate research data package (CRDP) (1979 – 2018), version 1.0 2020-04-20T11:19:31 publication 2020-04-20T11:19:31 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/fa20aaa2060e40cabf5fedce7a9716d0 fa20aaa2060e40cabf5fedce7a9716d0 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 10.5285/fa20aaa2060e40cabf5fedce7a9716d0 doi Snow water equivalent (SWE) indicates the amount of accumulated snow on land surfaces; in other words the amount of water contained within the snowpack. The SWE product time series covers the period from 1979 to 2018. Northern Hemisphere SWE products are available at daily temporal resolution with alpine areas masked. The product is based on data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) operated on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Nimbus-7 satellite, the Special Sensor Microwave / Imager (SSM/I) and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager / Sounder (SSMI/S) carried onboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) 5D- and F-series satellites. The satellite bands provide spatial resolutions between 15 and 69 km. The retrieval methodology combines satellite passive microwave radiometer (PMR) measurements with ground-based synoptic weather station observations by Bayesian non-linear iterative assimilation. A background snow-depth field from re-gridded surface snow-depth observations and a passive microwave emission model are required components of the retrieval scheme. The dataset was aimed to serve the needs of users working on climate research and monitoring activities, including the detection of variability and trends, climate modelling, and aspects of hydrology and meteorology. The Finnish Meteorological Institute is responsible for the SWE product development and generation. For the period from 1979 to May 1987, the products are available every second day. From October 1987 till May 2018, the products are available daily. Products are only generated for the Northern Hemisphere winter seasons, usually from beginning of October till the middle of May. A limited number of SWE products are available for days in June and September; products are not available for the months July and August as there is usually no snow information reported on synoptic weather stations, which is required as input for the SWE retrieval. Because of known limitations in alpine terrain, a complex-terrain mask is applied based on the sub-grid variability in elevation determined from a high-resolution digital elevation model. All land ice and large lakes are also masked; retrievals are not produced for coastal regions of Greenland. Luojus, Kari Unavailable author Unavailable author Moisander, Mikko Unavailable author Unavailable author Pulliainen, Jouni Unavailable author Unavailable author Takala, Matias Unavailable author Unavailable author Lemmetyinen, Juha Unavailable author Unavailable author Derksen, Chris Unavailable author Unavailable author Mortimer, Colleen Unavailable author Unavailable author Schwaizer, Gabriele Unavailable author Unavailable author Nagler, Thomas Unavailable author Unavailable author Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) custodian 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) distributor 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) point_of_contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) publisher 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset DMSP-F08 DMSP-F11 DMSP-F13 DMSP-F17 Nimbus-7 snow SMMR SSM/I SSMI/S ESA CCI Snow SWE orthoimagery theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_snow_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1979-01-06T00:00:00 2018-05-31T23:59:59 Data are netCDF formatted. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Data Center Contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/fa20aaa2060e40cabf5fedce7a9716d0 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/snow/data/swe/MERGED/v1.0 DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/Meetings/GCW-IM1/Globsnow_Article.pdf Estimating northern hemisphere snow water equivalent for climate research through assimilation of space-borne radiometer data and ground-based measurements. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.014 No further details. information https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425706000241 Mapping of snow water equivalent and snow depth in boreal and sub-arctic zones by assimilating space-borne microwave radiometer data and ground-based observations. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.01.002 No further details. information https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/763302 HUT Snow Emission Model and its Applicability to Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval. DOI: 10.1109/36.763302 No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/ ESA Climate Change Initiative website No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Snow_cci_D4.3_PUG_v2.0_r2MH0hU.pdf Product User Guide No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/projects/snow Snow_cci project website No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/snow/snow-key-documents/ Technical Documentation for Snow_cci No further details. information dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).