Previous Animation Next Animation Monthly Snow Climatology, 1979-2002 (WMS) The extent of snow and ice that covers the earth's surface in the northern hemisphere grows and shrinks with the seasons. This animations shows the average snow and ice cover for a given month over a 24-year period, 1979 - 2002. It shows how often a particular point is covered with snow in a given month. The SVS Image Server gives each particular image in the animation the last date for which the data was used in creating that image, even though each of the images covers a span of years for a particular month.    This animation shows the average snow cover for a given month over a 23-year period. The frames provide a transparent overlay. A background image taken from NASA's Blue Marble is also provided. Duration: 6.0 seconds Available formats:   600x200 (29.97 fps) MPEG-2   3 MB   600x200     Frames   320x107     PNG           104 KB   80x40         PNG           13 KB   160x80       PNG           47 KB   320x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   640x480 (30 fps) MPEG-1   1 MB   320x240 (29.97 fps) X-FLV       461 KB How to play our movies This product is available through our Web Map Service.   Click here to learn more.    Color bar for the snow cover. Available formats:   320 x 90           PNG       14 KB Animation Number: 3185 Completed: 2005-07-01 Animators: Eric Sokolowsky (GST) (Lead)   Cindy Starr (GST) Scientist: Walt Meier (NSIDC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: DMSP/SSM/I   Nimbus-7/SMMR Data Collected: 1979-2002 Series: WMS Keywords: GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Snow GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Cryosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Cover GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Hydrosphere >> Snow/Ice >> Snow Cover Google Earth KML file is available here. DEPC Metadata is available here.     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top

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