ASCAT Soil Moisture (H SAF)
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SNODAS
ActiveNOAA's modelled snow depth and SWE for the CONUS — 1km daily grids from satellite, airborne and station data.
by NOAA NOHRSC / NSIDC
- Pricing
- Gov-Public
- License
- US Government (public domain)
- Commercial use
- Permitted
- Ecosystem
- Python, GDAL
- Platform
- Windows, macOS, Linux
About SNODAS
SNODAS (Snow Data Assimilation System), run operationally by NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, blends satellite, airborne and ground-station snow observations into a physically-based energy/mass-balance model to produce daily 1km snow depth and snow-water-equivalent grids across the contiguous United States, distributed through NSIDC.
Where MODIS snow cover only sees extent, SNODAS delivers the depth and SWE numbers snowmelt runoff forecasting and water-supply models actually consume — the standard input for US mountain-snowpack hydrology.
Where it fits in the workflow
TerrainCatchmentRainfallRunoffRoutingHydraulicsMappingReporting
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