Summary & Purpose

Snow surface albedo is a crucial component to the energy balance of our seasonal snowpack on planet Earth, reflecting most of the incoming solar radiation, and maintaining cool snow surface temperatures. It is therefore important for us to understand the spatial and temporal distributions of snow properties. Snow albedo can be estimated from satellite remote sensing, however, pixels from images often contain other surfaces (i.e., mixed pixels). To help validate modeling and remote sensing studies, we provide a dataset that spans from 2022-2023 for sites in Idaho and Colorado and includes 4 measurements of spectral snow albedo, total solar irradiance, and diffuse irradiance, 5 measurements of spectral snow reflectance, and 7 measurements of spectral reflectance of conifer needles. We hope this dataset is helpful in future validation efforts and algorithm development for snow related products.

Author Identifier

Josh Enterkine, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-3619

Hans-Peter Marhsall, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-5637

Nancy F. Glenn, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-7654

Date of Publication or Submission

6-5-2023

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18122/bcal_data.7.boisestate

Funding Citation

FINESST Award, 21-EARTH21-0249

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Dataset

Data Format

*.csv, *.jpg, *.png, *.txt

File Size

3.46 Kb

Data Attributes

See both README.txt files.

Time Period

2022-2023

Comments

Dataset Update 11/20/2023: Typo corrected from previous version (20230605) affecting units for column headers of *.csv files. All data that include "_W_cm2_sr_nm" should actually be in the units "_W_m2_sr_nm". All of the actual data is correct, they were just mislabeled.

Privacy and Confidentiality Statement

Boise State is explicitly compliant with federal and state laws surrounding data privacy including the protection of personal financial information through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, personal medical information through HIPAA, HITECH and other regulations. All human subject data (e.g., surveys) has been collected and managed only by personnel with adequate human subject protection certification.

Use Restrictions

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