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    • Western Italian Alps Monthly Snowfall and Snow Cover Duration, Version 1

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This data set consists of snow observations for 18 stations in the western Italian Alps. Two types of data are included: monthly snowfall amounts and monthly snow cover duration in days. The period of record varies with each station, with the longest station record including data from 1877 to 1996. The average station record duration is approximately 61 years. Available stations range from 565 meters to 2720 meters in elevation. The data are summaries of snow stake measurements. Daily observations of total snow depth were generally made at 8 a.m. local time. Data were aquired using a snow measuring rod. Snowfall amount was defined as being any increase over the previous day's reading. This measurement may be an underestimate of as much as 10-20% due to snow pack settlement. However, this underestimation is fairly consistent for all measurements. The daily data were then totaled to yield the monthly values.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NSIDC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1386206489-NSIDCV0
    Data First Published 1877-01-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 1996-12-31
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Western Italian Alps Monthly Snowfall and Snow Cover Duration, Version 1. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, National Snow and Ice Data Center. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5NP22C0.
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    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7265/N5NP22C0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial 6.695 44.192 8.436 46.425
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b14c1eaf4b542e751803fda328e93639611fafff756cbe786e1a06466bf9da86
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z/1996-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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