Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997, Version 1

This data set contains time series of monthly snow cover extent (SCE) for North America, Eurasia, and the Northern Hemisphere from 1915 to 1997, based on snow cover reconstruction and NOAA satellite data. In addition, the data set contains time series of annual variation in areally-averaged monthly snow depth and (SWE) for the North American grid domain used to derive the snow cover index.

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Maintainer Earthdata Forum
Last Updated May 11, 2026, 21:43 (UTC)
Created April 1, 2025, 18:29 (UTC)
accessLevel public
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modified 2026-05-04T22:16:01Z
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temporal 1915-01-01/1997-12-31
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