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SNOwpack TELemetry Network (SNOTEL)

Dataset Summary

Agency Department of Agriculture
Sub-Agency/Organization Natural Resources Conservation Service
Category Natural Resources
Date Released 10/01/1977
Date Updated 02/01/2010
Time Period October 1978, present
Frequency Daily/Hourly
Description The SNOTEL data retrieval tools provides an interactive process to identify and retrieve data from individual SNOTEL sites. The user does not need to know the ID for the site but must know either it's general location or the name of the site

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type
Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation Other
Keywords Snow Water Equivalent, Snow Depth, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, Precipitation, and Temperature including Maximum, Minimum and current for the day. Other sensors may be available as needed.
Unique ID 4390

Contributing Agency Information

Citation
Agency Program Page http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/
Agency Data Series Page http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis
climate station
Granularity longitude/latitude to nearest minute
Geographic Coverage point

Data Description

Collection Mode
USDA/NRCS Meteor Communication System
Data Collection Instrument URL to specfic site through tool
Data Dictionary/Variable List URL to specfic site through tool

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation
Additional Metadata URL to specfic site through tool
OMB Control No. 3090-0284