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Rutgers snowcover
more information Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE) (CDR Name: Snow_Cover_Extent_NH_IMS_Robinson)
X axis: whole world in 360 1.00° steps, first point at 89.50° W, last point at 269.50° E
Y axis: regular grid with 80 1.00° steps, first point at 10.50° N, last point at 89.50° N

Monthly data available from Jan1966 to Dec2024 ( 708 months)
Variable snow_cover_extent (monthly mean of daily NOAA/NCEI Climate Data Record of snow cover extent) in
Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset
Mask:   add a mask to the list help
Latitude: °N - °N help
Longitude: °E - °E
Boundaries:
Make: average max min set of grid points subset of the field help
Demand at least: % valid points in this region help
helpApply monthly high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value months
requiring at least % valid data
helpApply year-on-year high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value years
requiring at least % valid data
helpCreate a field with lower time resolution
First fill missing data: ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.
Then apply: -month running mean with direction
Then apply new time scale:
New variable: of snowcover
Minimum: % valid data
Threshold:
helpCreate a field with lower spatial resolution
Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells
getfieldtype: please ask the administrator to add "snow_cover_extent" to the lists in getfieldtype

Construct a statistical forecast model from this field

Compute anomalies
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Compute zonal mean
Rutgers University does not allow us to redistribute this file. Please contact Thomas Estilow for access to these data.
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