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NOAA IMS Snow and Ice Analysis
Daily analyst-verified multisensor snow and ice cover analysis at 1km/4km resolution for the Northern Hemisphere using multiple satellite sensors. Twice-daily since 2014, used for weather model initialization
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At a glance
- Region
- Northern Hemisphere
- Coverage
- Northern Hemisphere, 1km/4km, daily
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
What's inside
- Snow Cover
- Sea Ice Extent
- Multi-Sensor Analysis
- Daily Maps
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Melt runoff
Forecast snowmelt contributions to rivers.
Because it has: Snow Cover
- 02
Glacier change
Track glacier retreat over decades.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Cloud-free snow maps
Fill snow cover hidden by cloud with ML.
- 02
Melt-season flows
Predict melt-season river flow from snow and weather.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
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