Photographs of snow pit ground surface collected using a digital camera during the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign between 17 and 28 October 2023. The images were collected from 22 snow pits located across three study sites in Northern Alaska and near Fairbanks. This data set was produced by NSIDC_CPRD.
Use Cases
- Validate remote sensing snow depth algorithms based on ground surface roughness imagery.
- Study snowpack evolution in arctic tundra environments based on imagery from the Upper Kuparuk and Toolik sites.
- Compare ground surface characteristics between boreal forest and tundra sites based on imagery from CPCW and FLCF.
- Generate point cloud data for 3D terrain analysis based on the photographic source material mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Images were collected during a specific, well-defined field campaign (NASA SnowEx 2023) between 17 and 28 October 2023.
- Data covers 22 snow pits across three distinct study sites in Alaska.
- Linked to derived point cloud data (SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction, Version 1), suggesting a multi-modal data product.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to nasa_earthdata, being limited to specific Alaskan sites.
Provenance
- Source
- NSIDC_CPRD
- Collection Method
- Photographs collected using a digital camera during the NASA SnowEx 2023 field campaign.
- Time Range
- 17 to 28 October 2023
- Freshness
- Last updated 2023-10-28 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Upper Kuparuk and Toolik (UKT) in Northern Alaska, Caribou Poker Creek watershed (CPCW) and Farmers Loop Creamers Field (FLCF) near Fairbanks, Alaska.