Data

Access the full suite of ESA Climate Change Initiative data products via our dedicate Open Data Portal, including those generated by the CCI Snow project.

Snow Water Equivalent (mm) (version 2.0) - interactive globe

The Snow-cci project satellite-derived data products are available via CEDA (click here to search and download)

The snow_cci climate research data package (CRDP) version 3 was released in Q4 / 2024.

The snow_cci CRDP v3 contains the following time series of satellite based daily global snow products:

  • Snow Cover Fraction Viewable (SCFV) - in forests, snow viewable on top of forest canopy is mapped from

    • Terra MODIS data (2000 - 2022)
    • AVHRR data (1979 - 2022)
  • Snow Cover Fraction on Ground (SCFG) - canopy correction applied to map snow on ground also in forested areas from

    • Terra MODIS data (2000 - 2022)
    • AVHRR data (1979 - 2022)
  • Snow Water Equivalent (1979 - 2022)