Data for the publication Optical determination of snow density via sub-surface scattering

DOI

This repository contains the data necessary to reproduce Fig. 5 of the publication: L. Mewes, H. Löwe, M. Schneebeli & B. Walter, Optical determination of snow density via sub-surface scattering, Commun Phys, doi: 10.1038/s42005-026-02490-1.

The source code generating Fig. 5 for the above mentioned publication is available at 10.16904/envidat.726.

Files

SI01_Reflectance_Coldlab.h5: Reflectance and partial reflectance data of a snow profile using the SnowImager. uCT_reference_data.csv: Reference data extracted from a micro-computed tomography measurement.

Please refer to the README of the analysis code at 10.16904/envidat.726 for further information.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.724
Metadata Access https://www.envidat.ch/api/action/package_show?id=a243cb72-d674-4648-a741-aa52fa852f4f
Provenance
Creator Lars, Mewes, 0000-0001-9269-1475; Henning, Löwe, 0000-0001-7515-6809; Martin, Schneebeli, 0000-0003-2872-4409; Benjamin, Walter,
Publisher EnviDat
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Innosuisse, 58741.1 IP-ENG; Kanton Graunbünden,; Davos Instruments AG,
Rights cc-by; Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0)
OpenAccess true
Contact envidat(at)wsl.ch
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Version 1.0
Discipline Environmental Sciences
Spatial Coverage (9.847W, 46.813S, 9.847E, 46.813N)
Temporal Point 2025-03-01T00:00:00Z