February 2020 NASA SnowEx field campaign flights over Grand Mesa, Colorado collected this data set. It contains nadir-viewing long-wave infrared radiometer data, thermal infrared imagery, and visible-band imagery. The measurements document snow, forest, and land surface temperatures coincident with ground survey stations.
Use Cases
- Study snow remote-sensing signatures based on thermal infrared imagery.
- Analyze small-scale temperature variability (sub-satellite resolution) based on long-wave infrared radiometer data.
- Investigate diurnal snow temperature variability based on nadir-viewing thermal infrared imagery.
- Model effects of forest cover on snow temperature based on visible-band imagery.
- Calculate thermal snow budgets based on land surface temperature measurements.
Strengths
- Data is from a targeted NASA field campaign (SnowEx 2020) with coincident ground survey stations.
- Contains three complementary data types: radiometer data, thermal infrared imagery, and visible-band imagery.
- Focuses on specific geographic area (Grand Mesa, Colorado) and temporal period (February 2020).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2020-02-12 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NSIDC_CPRD
- Collection Method
- Data were collected from NASA SWESARR flights onboard the Navy CIRPAS Twin Otter.
- Time Range
- February 2020
- Geography
- Grand Mesa, Colorado