The National Water and Climate Center provides real-time Snow and climate data using automated remote sensing from sites in the mountainous regions of the Western United States. Here you will find state and site specific data, maps and graphs showing snow water equivalent, snow depth, precipitation, temperature and other climatic elements in hourly, daily, monthly and yearly increments. These products are used for forecasting and management of water supplies" (Source: [http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/], Accessed: June 21, 2005)
This site links to various sources of snow data, including: National Snow Observation Database, Airborne Snow Surveys, Satellite Snow Cover Mapping, Snow Modeling and Data, Assimilation Analyses, Maps, and Interactive Visualization Tools, Integrated Snow Datasets for Geospatial Applications, and Applied Snow Research. (Source: National Weather Service)
"The World Glacier Inventory contains information for over 67,000 glaciers through out the world. Parameters within the inventory include: geographic location, area, length, orientation, elevation, and classification of morphological type and moraines. The inventory entries are based upon a single observation in time and can be viewed as a "snapshot" of the glacier at this time" (Source: [http://nsidc.org/data/glacier_inventory/], Accessed: June 21, 2005)
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