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    • Global Seasonal-Snow Classification, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: March 13, 2026

    This data set consists of global, seasonal snow classifications—e.g., tundra, boreal forest, maritime, ephemeral, prairie, montane forest, and ice—determined from air temperature, precipitation, and wind speed climatologies. Data are available on global, North America, and Eurasia latitude-longitude grids at four resolutions: 10 arcsec (~300 m), 30 arcsec (~1 km), 2.5 arcmin (~5 km), and 0.5° (~50 km).

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 13, 2026
    Publisher NASA NSIDC DAAC;COLOSTATE/CIRA
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/99FTCYYYLAQ0
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-10
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 9ce8c5a4-fb52-4a60-97ff-b47f6e76abd1
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180.0,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90.0,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180.0,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90.0}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a0dbf7aaddf48f43af7333e8451c933403570c24734a96ea8bc04bb83c05db85
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1981-01-01/2019-12-31

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