Canada's Climate

This map service includes data on common variables of climate for Canada. Layers in this map service include daylight hours in December and June (solstice months), annual min, max, and mean temperatures, total rainfall and total snowfall. Data for all layers represent mean values from 1951 to 1980. Map Service published and hosted by Esri Canada, © 2011.

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service; Tags: Canada, Climate, Daylight, ESRI Canada, Education, All tags... Hours, Rain, Rainfall, Snow, Snowfall, Te, Fewer tags

Final Report: Predicting Snow Water Equivalence (SWE) and Soil Moisture Response to Restoration Treatments in Headwater Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Desert LCC

The U.S. Forest Service plans to conduct forest restoration treatments through the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) on hundreds of thousands of acres of ponderosa pine forest along the Mogollon Rim of Arizona over the next 20 years with the goals of reducing wildfire hazard and improving forest health. The 4FRI’s key objective is to thin and burn the forests to create within-stand openings that “promote snowpack accumulation and retention which benefit groundwater recharge and watershed processes at the fine (1 to 10 acres) scale.” However, little is known about how these openings created by restoration treatments affect snow water equivalence (SWE) and soil moisture, which are key parts of the water balance...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AL-04, AZ-01, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, All tags... Arizona, Centennial Forest, Coconino National Forest, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, Federal resource managers, Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) area, GIS, Gus Pearson Natural Area, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, Publication, Report, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, United States, Verde River Basin, biota, climate change, completed, forest management, forest structure, forest thinning, ponderosa pine forests, remote sensing, restoration, snow, snowpack, soil moisture, water, wildfire, Fewer tags

SNOWDATA: Snow Datasets for Arctic Terrestrial Applications (Alaska Arctic LCC Distributed Snow Property Datasets)

Understanding snow conditions is key to developing a better understanding of hydrologic, biological, and ecosystem processes at work in northern Alaska. The required snow datasets currently do not exist at spatial or temporal scales needed by end users such as scientists, land managers, and policy makers. There are a wide variety of snow datasets that may be generated by this project. The list of desired datasets will be refined based on input from potential end users. However, outputs could include daily spatial distributions spanning the spatial and temporal domains of interest of the following variables: air temperature, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, surface (skin) temperature, incoming solar radiation,...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ALBEDO, ALBEDO, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... CRYOSPHERE MODELS, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIERS, GLACIERS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, RAIN, RAIN, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW MELT, SNOW MELT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags

SNOWDATA GeoTIFF Annual Snow Density

This dataset includes Snow Density(sden) for northern Alaska in GeoTiff format, covering the years 1980-2012. Snow Density is defined as density on 1 March(kg/m3). The dataset was generated by the Arctic LCC SNOWDATA: Snow Datasets for Arctic Terrestrial Applications project.The dataset is delivered in the ZIP archive file format. Each year is output in a separate GeoTiff file, where the year is indicated by the filename.Over the last 20 years, under a variety of NOAA, NSF, and NASA research programs, a snow-evolution modeling system has been developed that includes the MicroMet micrometeorological model, the SnowModel snow-process model, and the SnowAssim data assimilation model. These modeling tools can be thought...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ALBEDO, ALBEDO, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, Data, Federal resource managers, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIERS, GLACIERS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, RAIN, RAIN, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW MELT, SNOW MELT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, Fewer tags

Modeling snowdrift habitat for polar bear dens

Throughout the Arctic most pregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) construct maternity dens in seasonal snowdrifts that form in wind-shadowed areas. We developed and verified a spatial snowdrift polar bearden habitat model (SnowDens-3D) that predicts snowdrift locations and depths along Alaska’s Beaufort Sea coast. SnowDens-3D integrated snow physics, weather data, and a high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) to produce predictions of the timing, distribution, and growth of snowdrifts suitable for polar bear dens. SnowDens-3D assimilated 18 winters (1995 through 2012) of observed daily meteorological data and a 2.5 m grid-increment DEM covering 337.5 km2 of the Beaufort Sea coast, and described the snowdrift...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, ANIMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, BEARS, BEARS, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Publication, REGULATORY MODELS, REGULATORY MODELS, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, State agencies, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, biota, biota, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Vegetation and snow depth measurements in grasslands under grazing, burning, and snow fence management near Woodworth, North Dakota (2014-2016)

The application of two management strategies were tested across nine, Class III, wetland catchments located at the Woodworth Study Area (Stutsman County, ND). This field study took place during 2014 and 2015. 2014 was a pre-treatment year and snow measurements were taken in all experimental catchments in the late February 2015, before treatments were applied. Temporary electric fences were installed surrounding each wetland catchment to exclude them from grazing that took place on the management unit in 2015. All the catchments had been managed in a similar manner since purchased by USFWS in 1964. The primary management strategy of the wetland catchments from 1964–2013 was non-use with occasional prescribed burning....

Categories: Data, Data Release - In Progress; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: environment, farming, grassland management, inlandWaters, snow, All tags... vegetation, wetland, wetland, Fewer tags

Release and uptake of volatile inorganic and organic gases through the snowpack at Niwot Ridge, Colorado

Whole air drawn from four heights within the high elevation (3,340 m asl), deep, winter snowpack at Niwot Ridge, Colorado, were sampled into stainless steel canisters, and subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography for 51 volatile inorganic and organic gases. Two adjacent plots with similar snow cover were sampled, one over bare soil and a second one from within a snow-filled chamber where Tedlar/Teflon-film covered the ground and isolated it from the soil. This comparison allowed for studying effects from processes in the snowpack itself versus soil influences on the gas concentrations and fluxes within and through the snowpack. Samples were also collected from ambient air above the snow surface for comparison...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Biogeochemistry, CFC, Fluxes, HCFC, Hydrocarbons, All tags... Snow, Soil, Springer Netherlands, Volatile inorganic and organic gases, Winter, Fewer tags

Soil freeze?thaw cycle experiments: Trends, methodological weaknesses and suggested improvements

Although freeze?thaw cycles can alter soil physical properties and microbial activity, their overall impact on soil functioning remains unclear. This review addresses the effects of freeze?thaw cycles on soil physical properties, microorganisms, carbon and nutrient dynamics, trace gas losses and higher organisms associated with soil. I discuss how the controlled manipulation of freeze?thaw cycles has varied widely among studies and propose that, despite their value in demonstrating the mechanisms of freeze?thaw action in soils, many studies of soil freeze?thaw cycles have used cycle amplitudes, freezing rates and minimum temperatures that are not relevant to temperature changes across much of the soil profile in...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, carbon, climate, freeze?thaw cycle, microbial biomass, All tags... nitrogen, snow, trace gases, winter, Fewer tags

Data Release: The effects of wildfire on snow water resources estimated from canopy disturbance patterns and meteorological conditions

This data release contains model input and output data associated with a published report (The effects of wildfire on snow water resources estimated from canopy disturbance patterns and meteorological conditions [Moeser, Broxton and Harpold, 2019]) where specific descriptions of the data can be found. The input data are derived from pre- and post-fire aerial LiDAR acquired in June 2010 and May 2012 respectively, for a small basin in the Jemez Mountains, northern, New Mexico. Data were process (analyzed?) to represent forest canopy characteristics pre- and post-fire. These characteristics include, (1) canopy closure, (2) edginess to the north, (3) edginess to the south, (4) leaf area index, (5) maximum tree height,...

Tags: Valle Grande, NM (GNIS ID: 928834, Valley), Water Resources, fire, model, snow, All tags... snowmelt modeling, Fewer tags

BLM REA SLV 2013 CO Snotel pt

Locations of NRCS SNOTEL monitoring sites in the San Luis Valley - Taos Plateau study area. SNOTEL locations were obtained from NRCS (http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/). The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) installs, operates and maintains an extensive, automat-ed system call SNOTEL (short for Snow Telemetry). SNOTEL is designed to collect snowpack and related climatic data in the Western U.S. and Alaska. In 1935, NRCS, then the Soil Conservation Service, established a formal cooperative Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting (SSWSF) Program to conduct snow surveys and develop accurate and reliable water supply forecasts. The Program operates under technical guidance from the NRCS National Water...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Element, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... Hydrology, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, Snow, Snow Pack, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

Watershed Control of Hydrologic Sources and Thermal Conditions in SW Alaska Streams: A Framework for Forecasting Effects of Changing Climate

Climate change is expected to impact the thermal regimes of streams and otherfreshwater ecosystems (Schindler 2001, Malmqvist and Rundle 2002, Poff et al. 2002). Whileincreased air temperatures will have direct effects on water temperature, indirect effects due tochanges in precipitation patterns, groundwater characteristics, and flow regimes (Perkins et al.2010) may have much larger effects. We explored 1) how variation in hydrologicalcharacteristics of streams mediate their thermal regimes, 2) how geomorphic features ofwatersheds regulated stream water sources and, therefore, thermal characteristics, and 3) whetherpatterns of thermal variation among streams correlate with the life-history characteristics ofPacific...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Federal resource managers, LAKES, LAKES, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, Report, SALMONS/TROUTS, SALMONS/TROUTS, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY, SNOW/ICE CHEMISTRY, STREAM, STREAM, State agencies, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Hydroclimatological Data Rescue Project Final Report - Executive Summary

Executive Summary and Table of Contents for the “Hydroclimate Observations in Arctic Alaska: Analysis of Past Networks and Recommendations for the Future” report. This report was produced by the Hydroclimatological data rescue, data inventory, network analysis, and data distribution project.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ABLATION, ABLATION, ACTIVE LAYER, ACTIVE LAYER, ALBEDO, All tags... ALBEDO, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION, ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION, ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE, ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE, ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR, ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR, Academics & scientific researchers, Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLIMATE INDICATORS, CLOUD CEILING, CLOUD CEILING, CLOUDS, CLOUDS, DATA DELIVERY, DATA DELIVERY, DATA INTEROPERABILITY, DATA INTEROPERABILITY, DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL, DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL, DISCHARGE/FLOW, DISCHARGE/FLOW, EVAPORATION, EVAPORATION, ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, RUNOFF, RUNOFF, Report, SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND, SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT, SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOILS, SOILS, SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES, SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY, SURFACE WATER CHEMISTRY, SURFACE WINDS, SURFACE WINDS, VISIBILITY, VISIBILITY, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING, WATER PRESSURE, WATER PRESSURE, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, WEB SERVICES, WEB SERVICES, WEB-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WEB-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags

Lidar Point Clouds (LPC) Derived from Lidar Data Collected by Small, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in Three Study Areas in Colorado, 2020-22

These light detection and ranging (lidar) point clouds (LPCs) were generated from lidar data collected during multiple field campaigns in three study areas near Winter Park, Colorado. Small, uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) collected lidar datasets to represent snow-covered and snow-free periods. More information regarding the sUAS used and data collection methods can be found in the Supplemental Information and process step sections of each study area metadata file.

Tags: Bare Earth, Berthoud Pass, Colorado, Colorado River, Fraser, All tags... Point Cloud, Snow, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Winter Park, lidar, sUAS, Fewer tags

Post-Fire Output Data

These are Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) SnowPALM model output data for an area in the Valles Caldera, northern New Mexico. These post-fire model output data are intended to accompany a published report (The effects of wildfire on snow water resources estimated from canopy disturbance patterns and meteorological conditions [Moeser, Broxton and Harpold, 2019]). All data are in a gridded format where the lower left hand corner is located at 3979325 north, and 371710 east in Zone 13N with a map datum of NAD83. The grid is comprised of 1000 rows by 1100 columns with a grid cell size of 1m for a total domain size of 1.0km x 1.1km. Data output is on a daily time step and ranges between the 1st of September 1981 (labeled:...

Tags: Valle Grande, NM (GNIS ID: 928834, Valley), fire, model, snow, snowmelt modeling

Biological consequences of earlier snowmelt from desert dust deposition in alpine landscapes.

Dust deposition to mountain snow cover, which has increased since the late 19(th) century, accelerates the rate of snowmelt by increasing the solar radiation absorbed by the snowpack. Snowmelt occurs earlier, but is decoupled from seasonal warming. Climate warming advances the timing of snowmelt and early season phenological events (e.g., the onset of greening and flowering); however, earlier snowmelt without warmer temperatures may have a different effect on phenology. Here, we report the results of a set of snowmelt manipulations in which radiation-absorbing fabric and the addition and removal of dust from the surface of the snowpack advanced or delayed snowmelt in the alpine tundra. These changes in the timing...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Colorado, Dust, Dust: analysis, Ecosystem, Flowers, All tags... Flowers: physiology, Freezing, Plants, Plants: growth & development, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Seasons, Snow, Snow: chemistry, Temperature, Fewer tags

SNOWDATA GeoTIFF Annual Snow Up Date (year)

This dataset includes Snow Up Date(sudy) for northern Alaska in GeoTiff format, covering the years 1980-2012. Snow Up Date is defined as day of the start of the core snow period(day of year). The core snow season is defined to be the longest period of continuous snow cover in each year. The dataset was generated by the Arctic LCC SNOWDATA: Snow Datasets for Arctic Terrestrial Applications project.“Day-of-year” (doy) output is expressed in Ordinal dates (“1” on 1 January, and “365” on 31 December). Dates have not been corrected for leap years. This output is appropriate for display purposes, as it is readily interpreted as calendar day of year. It is not recommended as input for analysis, as it may produce incorrect...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ALBEDO, ALBEDO, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, Data, Federal resource managers, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIERS, GLACIERS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, RAIN, RAIN, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW MELT, SNOW MELT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, Fewer tags

SNOWDATA GeoTIFF Annual Snow Days

This dataset includes Snow Days(sdys) for northern Alaska in GeoTiff format, covering the years 1980-2012. Snow Days is defined as number of days in core snow period(days). The core snow season is defined to be the longest period of continuous snow cover in each year. The dataset was generated by the Arctic LCC SNOWDATA: Snow Datasets for Arctic Terrestrial Applications project.The dataset is delivered in the ZIP archive file format. Each year is output in a separate GeoTiff file, where the year is indicated by the filename.Over the last 20 years, under a variety of NOAA, NSF, and NASA research programs, a snow-evolution modeling system has been developed that includes the MicroMet micrometeorological model, the...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ALBEDO, ALBEDO, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, Data, Federal resource managers, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIERS, GLACIERS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, RAIN, RAIN, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW MELT, SNOW MELT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, Fewer tags

SnowDens-3D User Documentation

Historically, available den habitat models have been based primarily on the presence of topographic features capable of capturing drifting snow. In any given season, however, the availability and precise location of snowdrifts of sufficient size to accommodate a bear den depends on the antecedent snowfall and wind conditions, and these vary from one year to the next. Thus, suitable topography is a necessary pre-condition, but is not sufficient to accurately predict potential den sites in a given year.To satisfy the requirements of agency and industry managers what is needed is a user-friendly decision-support tool that takes into account the current fall and early-winter meteorological conditions, and provides den...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, BEARS, BEARS, Federal resource managers, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, MAMMALS, MAMMALS, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, State agencies, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, userGuide, Fewer tags

SNOWDATA GeoTIFF Annual Rain Precipitation

This dataset includes Rain Precipitation(rpre) for northern Alaska in GeoTiff format, covering the years 1980-2012. Rain Precipitation is defined as (m/yr). The dataset was generated by the Arctic LCC SNOWDATA: Snow Datasets for Arctic Terrestrial Applications project.The dataset is delivered in the ZIP archive file format. Each year is output in a separate GeoTiff file, where the year is indicated by the filename.Over the last 20 years, under a variety of NOAA, NSF, and NASA research programs, a snow-evolution modeling system has been developed that includes the MicroMet micrometeorological model, the SnowModel snow-process model, and the SnowAssim data assimilation model. These modeling tools can be thought of...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ALBEDO, ALBEDO, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, CRYOSPHERE MODELS, Data, Federal resource managers, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE, GLACIERS, GLACIERS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, PRECIPITATION AMOUNT, RAIN, RAIN, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DENSITY, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW ENERGY BALANCE, SNOW MELT, SNOW MELT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, Fewer tags

Predicting Snow Water Equivalence (SWE) and Soil Moisture Response to Restoration Treatments in Headwater Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Desert LCC

Northern Arizona University will build upon the U.S. Forest Service Four Forest Restoration Initiative in Northern Arizona to investigate how restoration efforts can affect the water volume available in the snowpack and soil moisture in the Desert LCC. This project will result in a tool that can be used to predict the water volume in snowpack and soil moisture response to various forest treatments.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AL-04, AZ-01, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, All tags... Arizona, Centennial Forest, Coconino National Forest, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT, Federal resource managers, Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) area, GIS, GIS, Gus Pearson Natural Area, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, Project, Publication, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, United States, Verde River Basin, biota, climate change, climate change, completed, forest management, forest management, forest structure, forest structure, forest thinning, forest thinning, onGoing, ponderosa pine forests, ponderosa pine forests, remote sensing, remote sensing, restoration, restoration, snow, snow, snowpack, snowpack, soil moisture, soil moisture, water, water, wildfire, wildfire, Fewer tags