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Landsat, Fractional Snow Covered Area

Domain: Climate

Variables: Fractional snow covered area

Spatial Resolution: 30 meter

Temporal Frequency: 8 days

Temporal Coverage: 1984 - Present

Spatial Extent: Western United States, Alaska

Source: USGS

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Description:

Subpixel snow covered area, grain size, and albedo from Landsat. Persistent ice and snow cover (PISC) across the conterminous western U.S. using all available Landsat TM and ETM+ scenes acquired during the late summer/early fall period between 2010 and 2014.

Citation:

Selkowitz, D.J., Forester, R.R., 2016, Automated mapping of persistent ice and snow cover across the western U.S. with Landsat, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, V 117, ISSN 0924-2716, Pages 126-140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.04.001