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BOREAS HYD-4 Standard Snow Course DataThe Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Hydrology (HYD)-4 work was focused on collecting data during the winter focused field campaign (FFC-W) to improve the understanding of winter processes within the boreal forest. Knowledge of snow cover and its variability in the boreal forest is fundamental if BOREAS is to achieve its goals of understanding the processes and states involved in the exchange of energy and water. The development and validation of remote sensing algorithms will provide the means to extend the knowledge of these processes and states from the local to the regional scale. A specific thrust of the research is the development and validation of snow cover algorithms from airborne passive microwave measurements. Snow surveys were conducted at special snow courses throughout the 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, and 1996/97 winter seasons. These snow courses were located in different boreal forest land cover types (i.e., old aspen, old black spruce, young jack pine, forest clearing, etc.) to document snow cover variations throughout the season as a function of different land cover. Measurements of snow depth, density, and water equivalent were acquired on or near the first and fifteenth of each month during the snow cover season. The data are provided in tabular ASCII files. The HYD-4 standard snow course data are available from the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC). The data files are available on a CD-ROM (see document number 20010000884).
Document ID
20000116623
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Metcalfe, John R. (Atmospheric Environment Service Canada)
Goodison, Barry E. (Atmospheric Environment Service Canada)
Walker, Anne (Atmospheric Environment Service Canada)
Hall, Forrest G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Knapp, David E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Smith, David E.
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 2000
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL27
NAS 1.15:209891/VOL27
Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL27
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 923-462-33-01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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