Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Snow Cover from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: Total Days of Snow Cover Regional

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    This project looks at the annual snow cover in New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont by filtering through Global Summary of the Year (GSOY) datasets from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Keywords

  • new hampshire, new york, snow, snow cover, snow depth, vermont,

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    Data Table

    • Title: Total Days of Snow Cover Regional
    • Start Date: 1888-09-01
    • Description: Total days of snow cover greater than one inch in the New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. The total days of snow cover were calculated by averaging the total days of snow cover over one inch throughout all stations that measured snowfall for that snow year (e.g. October 1999 - May 2000 is snow year 2000). This data was collected from NOAA CDO at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=NORMAL_MLY using dataset type = Global Summary of the Month. Stations included were Burlington and St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Buffalo and Sherburne, New York, and Concord and Keene, New Hampshire. Data were not included where one station was not active for all snow year months for that state.

    • Purpose: Snow cover is projected to decrease in depth, duration, and extent under climate change. Lack of sufficient snow cover can make tree roots vulnerable to freezing damage and cause nutrients to be leached from the soil. Also, the melting of snow in late winter can provide a steady supply of water to trees when they are preparing for bud break. Snow cover fluctuations above or below the mean may result in undesirable conditions for native forest species.

    • Condensed Title: Z1150_2895_9LJ2UO

    • Object Name: VMC.1150.2895

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Snow Cover from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: Total Days of Snow Cover Regional, 1888-09-01

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/Annual_snow_cover_vt/dataset/total-days-snow-cover-regional

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Average_of_DSNW_(Days_>1)
      • Label: Average_of_DSNW_(Days_>1)
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: DSND
      • Label: DSND
      • Storage Type: decimal
      Attribute Name: Region
      • Label: Region
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: SnowYear
      • Label: SnowYear
      • Storage Type: int
      Attribute Name: State
      • Label: State
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Year
      • Label: Year
      • Storage Type: int

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