Snow models in Standard Tesselated Geometry (STL) format represent different snow types for 3D visualization and additive manufacturing. The collection includes models for new snow, rounded snow, depth hoar, buried surface hoar, and graupel. The dataset was published by ENVIDAT and last updated in 2022.
Use Cases
- Generate 3D visualizations of snow microstructure using the STL geometry data for different snow types.
- Train computer vision models to classify snow types (e.g., graupel vs. depth hoar) based on 3D mesh features.
- Create physical models via 3D printing for educational or research purposes using the provided STL files.
- Analyze geometric properties like surface area or volume of different snow crystal structures from the 3D models.
Strengths
- Includes 5 distinct snow type classifications (new snow, rounded snow, depth hoar, buried surface hoar, graupel).
- Models are provided in a standard 3D file format (STL) compatible with many visualization and printing tools.
Limitations
- The total number of individual 3D model files is unknown.
- No metadata on the spatial scale, resolution, or creation method for each model is provided.
Provenance
- Source
- ENVIDAT, hosted on NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
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- Freshness
- Last updated in 2022.
- Geography
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