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Requirement details

Name	Snow Coverage
Note	Information about seasonal and permanent snow cover in high latitudes and mountaneous regions supports filtering out those images with extensive snow cover and allows for producing reliable InSAR coverage with reduced noise in the time series.
Dissemination	View and Download Service
Quality Control Procedure	TBD
Group	Cryosphere
Status	TBD
Uncertainty
Update Frequency	1year 1month 1day
Timeliness	1month 1day 1hour
Scale
Horizontal resolution	100m 50m 10m
Vertical resolution	N/A N/A N/A
Essential variables	Land - Cryosphere - Snow
State	Draft
Created on	July 20, 2022, 3:06 p.m.
Last updated on	July 20, 2022, 3:06 p.m.

Products

Product	Level of definition	Relevant for	Criticality	Barriers	Note	Created on	Last updated on
European Ground Motion Service – Ortho	Reasonable	Product generation	Desirable	Coverage, Timeliness, Update Frequency	Snow-cover can compromise the quality of InSAR results by increasing the noise of time series. Detailed and up-to-date information about seasonal and permanent snow cover in higher latitudes and mountaneous regions could help to filter out images with extensive snow cover to allow for reliable InSAR coverage for production.	July 20, 2022, 3:12 p.m.	July 20, 2022, 3:12 p.m.
European Ground Motion Service – Calibrated	Reasonable	Product generation	Desirable	Coverage, Timeliness, Update Frequency	Snow-cover can compromise the quality of InSAR results by increasing the noise of time series. Detailed and up-to-date information about seasonal and permanent snow cover in higher latitudes and mountaneous regions could help to filter out images with extensive snow cover to allow for reliable InSAR coverage for production.	July 20, 2022, 3:08 p.m.	July 20, 2022, 3:13 p.m.
European Ground Motion Service – Basic	Reasonable	Product generation	Desirable	Coverage, Timeliness, Update Frequency	Snow-cover can compromise the quality of InSAR results by increasing the noise of time series. Detailed and up-to-date information about seasonal and permanent snow cover in higher latitudes and mountaneous regions could help to filter out images with extensive snow cover to allow for reliable InSAR coverage for production.	July 20, 2022, 3:08 p.m.	July 20, 2022, 3:13 p.m.

Data

Data	Level of compliance	Note	Information costs	Handling costs	Created on	Last updated on
Snow Cover Extent (SCE) 500m Europe	Fully	Snow-cover can compromise the quality of InSAR results by increasing the noise of time series. The SCE 500m product for Europe provides needed information about the extent of seasonal and permanent snow cover in higher latitudes and mountaneous regions. This helps to filter out images with extensive snow cover allowing for a reliable InSAR coverage with reduced noise for production.			July 20, 2022, 3:18 p.m.	July 20, 2022, 3:18 p.m.
Snow Cover Extent (SCE) 1km Northern Hemisphere	Fully	Snow-cover can compromise the quality of InSAR results by increasing the noise of time series. The SCE 1km product forthe Northern Hemisphere provides needed information about the extent of seasonal and permanent snow cover in higher latitudes and mountaneous regions. This helps to filter out images with extensive snow cover allowing for a reliable InSAR coverage with reduced noise for production.			July 20, 2022, 3:19 p.m.	July 20, 2022, 3:19 p.m.
CLMS - Fractional Snow Cover (FSC)	Fully	Snow-cover can compromise the quality of InSAR results by increasing the noise of time series. The FSC product for the Northern Hemisphere provides needed information about the extent of seasonal and permanent snow cover in higher latitudes and mountaneous regions. This helps to filter out images with extensive snow cover allowing for a reliable InSAR coverage with reduced noise for production.			Sept. 6, 2024, 9:59 a.m.	Sept. 17, 2024, 10:10 a.m.