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Snow Cover for NH, EA, NAM

Data from: https://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_area.php?ui_set=1 (table);
moncov from: https://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/table_area.php?ui_set=2
References:
  • Robinson, David A., Estilow, Thomas W., and NOAA CDR Program (2012): NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Northern Hemisphere (NH) Snow Cover Extent (SCE), Version 1. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi: 10.7289/V5N014G9 [accessed March 14, 2019].
    The above reference brings to: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/terrestrial/snow-cover-extent-northern-hemisphere, i.e. to .nc data I'm not able to read.
  • After computations for this post had been done, a WUWT post was published, using the same data for an other kind of analysis. I think it may be interesting to read also that post, here:
    https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/03/22/northern-hemisphere-snow-cover-trends-1967-2018-a-comparison-between-climate-models-and-observations/
  • NH=Northern Hemisphere; EA=Eurasia; NA1=North America with Greenland; NA2=North America
  • file_name structure, e.g.:
    moncov912nh.pdf ==> mon=monthly; cov=(snow) cover: 912= September (9) and December (12) comparison; nh=northern hemisphere.
    winsumna2 ==> win=winter; sum=summer; na2=North America
    somma-ws ==> somma=sum; ws= winter-summer
    Plots, Figures     
    NH
    Snow cover, Jan, Aug(pdf) (png) MEM 18nh
    Snow cover, Feb, Jul(pdf) (png) MEM 27nh
    Snow cover, Sep, Dec(pdf) (png) MEM 912nh
    Snow cover, Winter, Summer (pdf) (png)
    Snow cover, Jan, NH, ACF (pdf) (png) Low persistence
    Snow cover, Aug, NH, ACF (pdf) (png) Medium persistence
    EA
    Snow cover, Jan, Aug(pdf) (png) MEM 18ea
    Snow cover, Feb, Jul(pdf) (png) MEM 27ea
    Snow cover, Sep, Dec(pdf) (png) MEM 912ea
    Snow cover, Winter, Summer (pdf) (png)
    NA1 (NAM+Green)
    Snow cover, Jan, Aug(pdf) (png) MEM 18na1
    Snow cover, Feb, Jul(pdf) (png) MEM 27na1
    Snow cover, Sep, Dec(pdf) (png) MEM 912na1
    Snow cover, Winter, Summer (pdf) (png)
    NA2 (NAM)
    Snow cover, Jan, Aug(pdf) (png) MEM 18na2
    Snow cover, Feb, Jul(pdf) (png) MEM 27na2
    Snow cover, Sep, Dec(pdf) (png) MEM 912na2
    Snow cover, Winter, Summer (pdf) (png)
    SUMMARY,Cover Exten(pdf) (png)
    SUMMARY,Cover MEM(pdf) (png)
    Spectral maxima (table) (html)
    SUMMARY of Win-Sum(pdf) (png)
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    Data        
    Snow cover (all)(txt) 1-8,2-7,9-12 months (MKm2)
    NH
    Snow cover MEM Jan(out)
    Snow cover MEM Feb(out)
    Snow cover MEM Jul(out)
    Snow cover MEM Aug(out)
    Snow cover MEM Sep(out)
    Snow cover MEM Dec(out)
    Snow Jan, NH, ACF(out)
    Snow Aug, NH, ACF(out)
    EA
    Snow cover MEM Jan(out)
    Snow cover MEM Feb(out)
    Snow cover MEM Jul(out)
    Snow cover MEM Aug(out)
    Snow cover MEM Sep(out)
    Snow cover MEM Dec(out)
    NA1 (NAM+Green)
    Snow cover MEM Jan(out)
    Snow cover MEM Feb(out)
    Snow cover MEM Jul(out)
    Snow cover MEM Aug(out)
    Snow cover MEM Sep(out)
    Snow cover MEM Dec(out)
    NA2 (NAM)
    Snow cover MEM Jan(out)
    Snow cover MEM Feb(out)
    Snow cover MEM Jul(out)
    Snow cover MEM Aug(out)
    Snow cover MEM Sep(out)
    Snow cover MEM Dec(out)

    Code
    moncov18nh.bon, moncov27nh.bon, moncov912nh.bon,
    moncov18ea.bon, moncov27ea.bon, moncov912ea.bon,
    moncov18na1.bon, moncov27na1.bon, moncov912na1.bon,
    moncov18na2.bon, moncov27na2.bon, moncov912na2.bon, moncov.f,
    winsumnh.bon, winsumea.bon, winsumna.bon, winsumna2.bon, nhdec-acf.bon,
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