gov.noaa.ncdc:C00453 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact 2025-11-25T20:28:56 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS) 2006-01-01 publication NCEI DSI 3289_01 gov.noaa.ncdc:C00453 Access Identifier northeast-snowfall-impact-scale DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce User Engagement and Services Branch +1 (828) 271-4800 +1 (828) 271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern originator DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce User Engagement and Services Branch +1 (828) 271-4800 +1 (828) 271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern author DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce User Engagement and Services Branch +1 (828) 271-4800 +1 (828) 271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern publisher https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/rsi/nesis HTTPS Information The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS) web page. For more information and links to the NESIS maps and data. information tableDigital While the Fujita and Saffir-Simpson Scales characterize tornadoes and hurricanes respectively, there is no widely used scale to classify snowstorms. The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS) developed by Paul Kocin of The Weather Channel and Louis Uccellini of the National Weather Service characterizes and ranks high-impact Northeast snowstorms. These storms have large areas of 10 inch snowfall accumulations and greater. NESIS has five categories: Extreme, Crippling, Major, Significant, and Notable. The index differs from other meteorological indices in that it uses population information in addition to meteorological measurements. Thus NESIS gives an indication of a storm's societal impacts. NESIS scores are a function of the area affected by the snowstorm, the amount of snow, and the number of people living in the path of the storm. The aerial distribution of snowfall and population information are combined in an equation that calculates a NESIS score which varies from around one for smaller storms to over ten for extreme storms. The raw score is then converted into one of the five NESIS categories. The largest NESIS values result from storms producing heavy snowfall over large areas that include major metropolitan centers. For details on how NESIS scores are calculated at the National Climatic Data Center, see Squires and Lawrimore (2006). The NESIS was developed because of the impact snowstorms in the northeast can have on the rest of the country in terms of transportation and economic impact. 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The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. A Snowfall Impact Scale Derived From Northeast Storm Snowfall Distributions 2004-01-01 publication American Meteorological Society Boston MA publisher Kocin, P. J. originator Uccellini, L. W. originator http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-85-2-177 Information A Snowfall Impact Scale Derived From Northeast Storm Snowfall Distributions DOI link to science paper download Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85 pp. 177-194 crossReference sciencePaper Development of an Operational Snowfall Impact Scale 2006-01-01 publication American Meteorological Society Boston MA publisher Squires, M. F. originator Lawrimore, J. H. originator https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/documents/C00453_squires-lawrimore-paper.pdf HTTPS Information Development of an Operational Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale PDF file of science paper describing the production of the data. information 22nd IIPS, 86th AMS Annual Meeting 5.9 crossReference sciencePaper Regional Snowfall Impact Scale 2011-01-01 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00465/html HTTPS Information Regional Snowfall Impact Scale An evolution of the NESIS, see the landing page for more information about the RSI Index download crossReference collection eng; USA climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -100.0 -65.0 30.0 50.0 1956-03-18 Snowfall Events: Historical measured snowfall events in the northeastern U.S. For more information, see: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/snow-and-ice/rsi/nesis Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS) Value NESIS scores are a function of the area affected by the snowstorm, the amount of snow, and the number of people living in the path of the storm. 14 1 unitless unitless Category NESIS Category that rates the impact of a storm event 1: Notable Category Snowfall Event 2: Significant Category Snowfall Event 3: Major Category Snowfall Event 4: Crippling Category Snowfall Event 5: Extreme Category Snowfall Event NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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Source dataset Snowstorm Database publication NCEI DSI 3288_01 gov.noaa.ncdc:C00464 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00464/html HTTPS Web Browser Snowstorm Database Landing page for the Snowstorm Database, including links and other information. information 1900-01-01 Provided population data for data calculations U.S. Counties (Generalized) [from Census 2000] 20020401 publication 2002 ESRI > Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. distributor http://www.esri.com/data/data-maps Web Browser Data and Maps for ArcGIS Links to the map information used. information 1900-01-01 repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. 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