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    lexicon: nsidc
    term: oai:nsidc/NSIDC-0271
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contributors:
  - display_name: 'Data Archive : National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4440.yaml
    id: 4440
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      identifier: national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
      name: National Snow & Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
      organization_type_identifier: federal
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      url: http://nsidc.org/daac
    organization_uri: /organization/national-snow-ice-data-center-distributed-active-archive-center
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description: 'This data set comprises global, monthly satellite-derived Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) climatologies from November 1978 through May 2007, with periodic updates released as resources permit. Global data are gridded to the Northern and Southern 25 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grids (EASE-Grids). Global snow water equivalent is derived from Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) and selected Special Sensor Microwave/Imagers (SSM/I). Northern Hemisphere data are enhanced with snow cover frequencies derived from the Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent Version 2 data (these data were not produced for the Southern Hemisphere). These data are suitable for continental-scale time-series studies of snow cover and water equivalent. The data are binary data files and PNG images, and are available via FTP.'
description_attribution: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0046.html
display_name: Global Monthly EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent Climatology
doi: 10.5067/KJVERY3MIBPS
end_time: 2007-12-31T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-0271.yaml
identifier: nasa-nsidcdaac-0271
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lat_max: 90
lat_min: -90
lon_max: 180
lon_min: -180
name: Global Monthly EASE-Grid Snow Water Equivalent Climatology
native_id: NSIDC-0271
parents: []
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references: []
release_dt: 2005-05-31T00:00:00
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start_time: 1978-01-01T00:00:00
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type: dataset
uri: /dataset/nasa-nsidcdaac-0271
url: http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0271
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