Annual 30 m snow dynamics (2018-2019 to 2023-2024) – Canada

This catalog contains annual 30 m spatial resolution snow dynamics metrics for each snow-year from 2018-2019 to 2023-2024 for all of Canada. We gather all Landsat and Sentinel-2 images collected over Canada and identify the status of each pixel observation on the image collection date: snow (and ice), non-snow (i.e., land, water), unclear (i.e., clouds, shadows). We built an algorithm to calculate snow cover metrics for each pixel during each winter: start date of the first (and biggest) snow period [startF, startB], end date of the last (and biggest) snow period [endL, endB], number of days with snow cover in total (or in the biggest snow period) [lengthT, lengthB], number of snow periods (i.e., separated times with multiple confirmed snow observations) [periods], and a status classification (e.g., continuous snow, snow free) [status]. We do not obtain a clear observation every day because of satellite orbit frequencies and clouds. This means that timing-based metrics are identified by the middle date between two clear observations, with uncertainty quantified as half the length of the gap (i.e., ± days) [startF_u, startB_u, endL_u, endB_u, lengthT_u, lengthB_u].

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Title (French) Dynamique annuelle de la neige à 30 m (2018-2019 à 2023-2024) – Canada
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Contact Person {"en": "Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;CCMEO/GEMS/CCRS", "fr": "Gouvernement du Canada;Ressources naturelles Canada;CCCOT/SGST/CCT"}
Contact Email mitchellthurston.bonney@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Data Dictionary EPSG:3979,http://www.epsg-registry.org,
Open Canada Date Published 2025-10-01 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject ["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords {"en": ["snow snow dynamics ice climate seasonal remote sensing Landsat Sentinel-2 Canada", "Snow", "Land cover"], "fr": ["neige dynamique de la neige glace climat saisonnier télédétection Landsat Sentinel-2 Canada", "Neige", "Couverture du sol"]}
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