The purpose of this app is to provide the user with a visualization of data on different snow parameters such as snow coverage, mass, and its water equivalent anywhere in the world. This data is useful in reducing uncertainty in flooding and weather predictions.

Steps

1. Select time period

Choose the date and the length of the time period in days.

2. Select layer

Choose the snow parameter to acquire data for.

3. Select point of interest

Click the map or enter coordinates to select the point of interest.

4. Get time series

Click the "Retrieve Snow Data" button to show a time-series graph.

5. Download Results

Click the "Get WaterML" to save results as a WaterML file.

6. Upload to HydroShare

Click the "Upload to HydroShare" and fill out the metadata form.

Refer to the following video for more detailed instructions:



We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from the NASA Global Imagery Browse Service (GIBS), operated by the NASA/GSFC/Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS, https://earthdata.nasa.gov) with funding provided by NASA/HQ.





Kadlec, Jiří, A. Woodruff Miller, and Daniel P. Ames. "Extracting snow cover time series data from open access web mapping tile services." JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association 52, no. 4 (2016): 916-932. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1752-1688.12387

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