CryoSat Performance Monitoring - UCL

Snow Depth Monitoring

Source: L2 GDR-A (all acquisition modes) · Variable: snow_depth_01

Snow depth at 1 Hz. Baseline-E: modified Warren climatology (Arctic only). Baseline-F: computed from CryoTEMPO Baseline-C radar freeboard and ICESat-2 ATL10 lidar freeboard. Unused (fill value) in LRM mode.

Area
All areas Global North Polar (>60N) South Polar (<60S)

Baseline-F, cycle 192: 26-Jun-2026 to 25-Jul-2026 · 319 GDR-A files · data covers 22.0 of 30 days Partial cycle processed 04-Oct-2026 10:20 UTC

Snow Depth: Maps

Global Single map
Map of Snow Depth. Global, Baseline-F, cycle 192
North Polar (>60N) Single map
Map of Snow Depth. North Polar (>60N), Baseline-F, cycle 192
South Polar (<60S) Single map
Map of Snow Depth. South Polar (<60S), Baseline-F, cycle 192

Snow Depth: Cycle 192 Statistics

Area Records Valid Mean (m) Median (m) Std Dev (m) RMS (m) Min (m) Max (m)
Global 2,006,833 660,588 (32.9%) 0.03 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.88
North Polar (>60N) 344,339 270,456 (78.5%) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
South Polar (<60S) 339,196 198,194 (58.4%) 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.13 0.00 0.88

Statistics use every 1 Hz measurement of the cycle within each area. Std Dev is the population standard deviation, RMS the root mean square.

Snow Depth: Trends

Baselines:
Baseline-F statistics (CSV)

Click a point to show that cycle.

Snow Depth: All Cycles from Baseline-F

Cycle Timespan Coverage (days) GlobalNorth Polar (>60N)South Polar (<60S)
194 25-Aug-2026 to 23-Sep-2026 18.1 partial Global map, cycle 194 North Polar (>60N) map, cycle 194 South Polar (<60S) map, cycle 194
193 26-Jul-2026 to 24-Aug-2026 30.0 Global map, cycle 193 North Polar (>60N) map, cycle 193 South Polar (<60S) map, cycle 193
192 26-Jun-2026 to 25-Jul-2026 22.0 partial Global map, cycle 192 North Polar (>60N) map, cycle 192 South Polar (<60S) map, cycle 192