PI Information
Name: Tingjun Zhang
Affiliation: National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado at Boulder
Mailing Address: NSIDC/CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
Telephone: (303)-492-5236
Fax: (303)-492-2468
E-mail: tzhang@kryos.colorado.edu

Satellite-GeostationaryChannelsTemporal ResolutionSector CoverageArchive Need
GOES-8: Low Priority
GOES-10: Low Priority
Other GOES-8 Sector: NONE
Other GOES-10 Sector: NONE
Other Geostationary satellite data: NONE

Satellite - Polar OrbitingProducts/ChannelsArchive Need
NOAA POES: AVHRR LAC (1 km)
AVHRR GAC (4 km)
TOVS
Low Priority
DMSP: SSM/ILow Priority
TRMM:
SeaWiFS:
Landsat:
Other Landsat data:  
Other Polar Orbiter satellite data:  

Upper Air Meteorological Observations Data Sets Temporal ResolutionArchive Need
Rawinsonde: Low Priority
NOAA Profiler Network: Low Priority
ARM Profiler Network: Low Priority
Multi-Agency Profiler Network: Low Priority
Other Upper Air Instruments: Low Priority
Other upper-air data: NONE

Radar DataData SourcesTemporal ResolutionArchive Need
WSR-88D Individual Radar: Low Priority
WSR-88D Reflectivity Composite: Low Priority
WSR-88D Derived Precipitation: Low Priority
NIDS Products:
Other NIDS Data:  
Other radar data:  

Surface Meteorological ObservationsData SourcesArchive Need
Multi-Network Composites: Hourly Surface and Specials
Precipitation
High Priority
Radiation: In/Out Shortwave
In/Out Longwave
Net Radiation
PAR
High Priority
Surface Fluxes: Sensible/Latent Heat
Soil Heat
High Priority
Precipitation: Gage-Only GriddedHigh Priority
Snow: Snow Depth
SWE
Remote Sensing
High Priority
GTS/SYNOP:
Skin Temperature: Surface Skin TemperatureHigh Priority
Precipitation Composite Temporal Resolution:
Other Radiation Data:  
Spcial Research Network Data:  
Other Surface Data:  

Marine ObservationsData TypeArchive Need
Marine Observations: Low Priority
Other Marine Data:  

Surface and Ground Water ObservationsData TypeArchive Need
Surface and Ground Water Data: High Priority
Other Surface and Groundwater Data:  

Sub-Surface ObservationsData TypeArchive Need
Soil Profiles: Temperature
Moisture
High Priority

Soil Physical and Hydraulic Properties Data: If possible, soil type, bulk density, and thermal properties
such as thermal conductivity, heat capacity, and soil heat
flux.
Other Sub-Surface Data: Daily or weekly soil freeze depth from field measurements
or model outputs (e.g. NCEP etc.)

Land Characterization DataData TypeArchive Need
Soil Characteristics: PSU
STATSGO
SSURGO
High Priority
Land Characterization: USGS Land Use and Land Cover Data
EDC AVHRR Land Cover
NOAA/NESDIS/ORA Land Surface Team Global Vegetation Index (GVI) Products
EDC Global 30 Arc Second Elevation Data
EDC HYDRO 1K Elevation Derivative Database
EDC NASA Landsat Pathfinder
High Priority
Other Land Characterization Data:  

Model OutputData TypeArchive Need
NCEP Eta: Grids (MORDS)
Location Time Series (MOLTS)
Initial Analysis GIF Imagery (Surface, 850 hPa, and 500 hPa)
High Priority
FSL MAPS: Grids (MORDS)
Location Time Series (MOLTS)
Low Priority
CMC GEM: Grids (MORDS)
Location Time Series (MOLTS)
Low Priority
Other Model Output:  

Climatology/Retrospective Data:  

Research Data Requirements: