Dataset name:
GlobSnow-2

Varialbe name: 
SWE_avg (Monthly mean Snow Water Equivalent)

Reference of original data:
Pulliainen, J., (2006) Mapping of snow water equivalent and snow depth in boreal and sub-arctic zones by assimilating space-borne microwave radiometer data and ground-based observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 101: 257-269. DOI: 10.1016j.rse.2006.01.002
Takala, M., Luojus, K., Pulliainen, J., Derksen, C., Lemmetyinen, J., Kärnä, J.-P, Koskinen, J., Bojkov, B., (2011) Estimating  northern hemisphere snow water equivalent for climate research through assimilation of spaceborne radiometer data and ground-based measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 115, Issue 12, 15 December 2011, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.014

Downloaded site:
http://www.globsnow.info/swe/archive_v2.0

Downloaded Date:
May 2016

Downloaded by:
Emanuel Dutra
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, Reading, UK

Name and Version of original source:
    GlobSnow v2.0 

Start date:
January, 1980

End date:
December, 2014

Temporal resolution:
monthly

Spatial resolution:
25 X 25 sq.km

Unit: 
mm

Data format: 
netcdf