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5-year Monthly Lara Sea Ice Snow Depth mean using ESA Algorithm, Arctic

Summary

LaRa (LaserRadar) snow depth 5 year mean using ESA algorithm, Arctic, 25km, 2018-2023.

Time Period

Jan 2018 to Dec 2018

Spatial Coverage

Arctic

Spatial Resolution

25000.0 m

Projection

Polar stereographic

Composites

Monthly

Data Provider

NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

Parameters

LaRa sd 5yr

Map Settings

Variable

Map View

Time

Data Access

ERDDAP

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Dataset Name	ERDDAP ID
X - Experimental LaRa (LaserRadar) snow depth 5 year mean using ESA algorithm, Arctic, 25km, 2018-2023.	lara_snowdepth_5yrs_esa_nh

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Full Details

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ERDDAP Dataset Title

X - Experimental LaRa (LaserRadar) snow depth 5 year mean using ESA algorithm, Arctic, 25km, 2018-2023.

ERDDAP Dataset ID

lara_snowdepth_5yrs_esa_nh

Data Provider

NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

More information about this product

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/SeaIce/LaRaSnowDepth.php

Data Provider Web Page

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/socd/lsa/

Dataset Description

LaRa (LaserRadar) snow depth 5 year mean using ESA algorithm, Arctic, 25km, 2018-2023.

Time Period

Jan 12, 2018 to Dec 12, 2018

Spatial Coverage

Arctic

Parameters

LaRa sd 5yr

Composites

Monthly

Data Formats

Data are available in a number of formats including NetCDF, csv, graphics and more.

Metadata

View in ERDDAP

Projection

Polar Stereographic, EPSG:3411