Global Snow-Water-Equivalent Depth Coefficient-of-Variation Classification DATA ORGANIZATION The data consist of two-byte binary integers. This data set is a single, global, two-dimensional array on a latitude-longitude grid, with a 2.5 arc-minute (approximately 5-km) grid increment. The data indicate the nine snow-depth-variability categories. These categories have values of 1 through 9 over all land. All water grid cells have been given an undefined value of -9999. The data set consists of four files. The files include a FORTRAN routine ("ssnowd_cv_classes.f") that when compiled, will extract the data file ("ssnowd_cv_classes.dat", SUN UNIX format), using the two control files ("ssnowd_cv_classes.idat" and "ssnowd_cv_classes.ctl"), which define the grid and the handling of the data. DOCUMENTATION Please be sure to read the complete documentation in detail before working with the data.