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Snow persistence grids and snow zone shape files for the western United States

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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Cara
dc.contributor.authorKampf, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorStone, Brandon
dc.contributor.authorRicher, Eric
dc.coverage.spatialWest (U.S.)
dc.coverage.temporal2000-2010
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-06T20:45:52Z
dc.date.available2016-04-06T20:45:52Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionThese files were created by Cara Moore and Brandon Stone under the guidance of Stephanie Kampf at Colorado State University in July, 2012.
dc.descriptionZip file includes ReadMe and data files.
dc.descriptionDepartment of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
dc.descriptionNatural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL)
dc.description.abstractThis study maps the geographic extent of intermittent and seasonal snow cover in the western United States using thresholds of 2000–2010 average snow persistence derived from moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer snow cover area data from 1 January to 3 July. Results show seasonal snow covers 13% of the region, and intermittent snow covers 25%. The lower elevation boundaries of intermittent and seasonal snow zones increase from north-west to south-east. Intermittent snow is primarily found where average winter land surface temperatures are above freezing, whereas seasonal snow is primarily where winter temperatures are below freezing. However, temperatures at the boundary between intermittent and seasonal snow exhibit high regional variability, with average winter seasonal snow zone temperatures above freezing in west coast mountain ranges. Snow cover extent at peak accumulation is most variable at the upper elevations of the intermittent snow zone, highlighting the sensitivity of this snow zone boundary to climate conditions.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Geological Survey, Western Mountain Initiative.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/171907
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25675/10217/171907
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofResearch Data
dc.relation.isreferencedbyMoore, Cara, Stephanie Kampf, Brandon Stone and Eric Richer, A GIS-Based Method for Defining Snow Zones: Application to the Western United States. Geocarto International 30 ,no. 1 (2015): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2014.885089
dc.rights.licenseThe material is open access and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectseasonal snow
dc.subjectintermittent snow
dc.subjectsnow zones
dc.subjectMODIS snow cover
dc.subjectMODIS land surface temperature
dc.subjectwestern United States
dc.titleSnow persistence grids and snow zone shape files for the western United States
dc.typeDataset

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