Summary & Purpose
This dataset contains analyses of approximately weekly snow cover time series for 200 glaciers in western North America from 2013 to 2023. Snow cover was classified using the "glacier-snow-cover-mapping" package applied to Landsat 8/9 and Sentinel-2 imagery. Key analyses include climate cluster assignments, minimum snow cover statistics, uncertainty assessments of glacier accumulation area ratios snowline altitudes, and comparisons between remotely-sensed snow cover and modeled glacier snowlines and surface mass balance from PyGEM. The dataset includes geospatial files of study sites, time series of snow cover metrics, climate variables, and uncertainty estimates. All analysis code is openly available on Zenodo and GitHub.
Date of Publication or Submission
2-14-2025
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18122/cryogars_data.5.boisestate
Funding Citation
This work was funded by the Idaho Space Grant Consortium summer internship program and the SMART scholarship through the Department of Defense. We would like to thank members of the Boise State University CryoGARS lab for their support and feedback in this study. We also thank the Boise State University Research Computing staff for their assistance in accessing high performance computing resources and software that made this work possible.
Data Source Credits
This work used Landsat 8/9 imagery courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey, Sentinel-2 imagery courtesy of the European Space Agency, and global glacier model outputs from Rounce et al. (2023): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo1324
Single Dataset or Series?
Series
Data Format
*.gpkg; *.csv; *.nc; *.png
File Size
34.8MB
Data Attributes
Data attributes and descriptions are provided in the "README.txt" file.
Map Area
63.680, 46.865
Map Area
-164.655, -113.669
Map Area Coordinate System
WGS84
Time Period
May 1 - October 31, 2013-2023
Update Frequency
Unknown
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
Users are free to share, copy, distribute and use the dataset; to create or produce works from the dataset; to adapt, modify, transform and build upon the dataset as long as the user attributes any public use of the dataset, or works produced from the dataset, referencing the author(s) and DOI link. For any use or redistribution of the dataset, or works produced from it, the user must make clear to others the license of the dataset and keep intact any notices on the original dataset.
Disclaimer of Warranty
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SYSTEM FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE SYSTEM.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SYSTEM COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. COMPANY AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAM(S) DESCRIBED HEREIN AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU.
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES WITH REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OR OUTPUT THAT DERIVES FROM USE OF THE SYSTEM.
Recommended Citation
Aberle, Rainey and Enderlin, Ellyn M.. (2025). Dataset for Snow Cover Time Series Analysis for 200 Glaciers in Western North America (2013–2023) [Data set]. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.18122/cryogars_data.5.boisestate
