ESA Snow Climate Change Initiative (Snow_cci): Fractional Snow Cover in CryoClim, v1.0 ...

• Main Authors: Solberg, Rune, Rudjord, Øystein, Salberg, Arnt-Børre, Killie, Mari Anne, Eastwood, Steinar, Sørensen, Atle, Marin, Carlo, Premier, Valentina, Schwaizer, Gabriele, Nagler, Thomas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 2023
• Subjects: Atmospheric sciences and Earth Observation Imagery; Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/f4654030223445b0bac63a23aaa60620; https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f4654030223445b0bac63a23aaa60620

This dataset contains the CryoClim Daily Snow Cover Fraction (snow on ground) product, produced by the Snow project of the ESA Climate Change Initiative programme. Fractional snow cover (FSC) on the ground indicates the area of snow observed from space on land surfaces, in forested areas compensated for the effect of trees hiding the ground surface snow cover under the forest canopy. The FSC is given in percentage (%) per grid cell. The global snow_cci CryoClim fractional snow cover (FSC) product is available at 0.05° grid size (about 5 km) for all land areas, excluding Antarctica and Greenland ice sheet. The coastal zones of Greenland are included. The CryoClim FSC time series provides daily products for the period 1982 – 2019. The CryoClim FSC product is based on a multi-sensor time-series fusion algorithm combining observations by optical and passive microwave radiometer (PMR) data. The product combines an historical record of AVHRR sensor data with PMR data from the SMMR, SSM/I and SSMIS sensors. The ...