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Table 1
Summary of selected gridded time series of snow mass or depth
Name
Type
Start year
End year
Coverage
Resolution
Reference
ERA-40
Reanalysis
1957-1909
2002-2008
Global
T159
Uppala et al.
2005
ERA-Interim
Reanalysis
1989
Present
Global
T255
Dee et al.,
2011
MERRA
Reanalysis
1979
Present
Global
0.5 9 0.66
Rienecker et al.
2010
NCEP-CFSR
Reanalysis
1979
Present
Global
T382
Saha et al.
2010
JRA-25
Reanalysis
1979
2004
Global
T106
Onogi et al.,
2007
ECMWF operational
Offline model
1987
Present
Global
T511
Drusch et al.
2004
CNC
Offline model
1979
1997
North America
0.3 9 0.3
Brown et al.
2003
Kitaev et al.
Observations
1936
1995
Former Soviet Union
3 9 5
Kitaev et al.
2002
Dyer and Mote
Observations
1960
2000
North America
1 9 1
Dyer and Mote
2006
SNODAS
Model plus in situ observations
2003-2009-30
Present
Contiguous United States
1 km 9 1 km
Carroll et al.,
2001
SSMR/SSM/I
Microwave
1978-2011
2007-2005
Global
25 km 9 25 km
Armstrong et al.
2005
AMSR-E
Microwave
2002-2006
1978-2011
Global
25 km 9 25 km
Tedesco et al.
2004b
