Articles | Volume 18, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-7097-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-7097-2026
Data description article
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28 Sep 2026
Data description article |  | 28 Sep 2026

Daily snow depth in the Southern Andes (2010–2024): a quality-controlled dataset from Chile and Argentina

Alexis Caro, Javier Medina, Freddy Saavedra, Fernando Gimeno, Jorge Huenante, Mariano Masiokas, Cristian Orrego, Ana Hernández, James McPhee, Pierre Pitte, Sebastián Krogh, David Farías-Barahona, Nevenka Bulovic, Iñigo Irarrázaval, Shelley MacDonell, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, and Carlos Romero

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The Southern Andes Daily Snow Depth Dataset (2010–2024): Quality-Controlled Dataset from Chile and Argentina Javier Medina and Alexis Caro https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21577171

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Snowpack dynamics in the Southern Andes remain poorly quantified due to sparse and inconsistent in situ data, limiting hydrological modeling. We compile and quality-control daily snow depth observations from 81 stations (21–54° S, 2010–2024). The resulting dataset improves the Physical Consistency Index (up to 95 %) despite reduced data availability, reveals a north–south increase in snow depth but no consistent positive relationship with elevation across river basins.
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