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NSIDC-0477.003MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw StatusKim, Y., Kimball, J. S., Glassy, J. & McDonald, K. C.MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status2014-08-06Boulder, Colorado USANASA NSIDC DAAC: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center3false10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.003https://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/nsidc-0477-v003-userguide.pdfNSIDC-0477Kim, Y., Kimball, J. S., Zhang, K. & McDonald, K. C.2012Satellite detection of increasing Northern Hemisphere non-frozen seasons from 1979 to 2008: Implications for regional vegetation growthRemote Sensing of Environment121472-487Literature CitationInvestigatorYoungwookKimyoungwook.kim@ntsg.umt.eduThe University of MontanaMissoulaMT 59812USAInvestigatorJohnS.Kimballjohnk@ntsg.umt.eduCollege of Forestry & ConservationMissoulaMT59812-1049USAInvestigatorJoeGlassyjoe.glassy@ntsg.umt.eduThe University of MontanaMissoulaMT59812USAInvestigatorKyleC.McDonaldkyle.c.mcdonald@jpl.nasa.govmncdonald2@ccny.cuny.edu-212-650-8218-818-434-8937-212-650-7064Technical ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-61991-303-492-2468CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAEARTH SCIENCETERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERESNOW/ICEFREEZE/THAW Climatology/Meteorology/AtmosphereAMSR-EDiurnal Freeze/thawFreezeFrozen GroundFrozen Soilintermittently frozen groundMEaSUREs-projectSMMRSSM/ISSMISThawAMSR-EAdvanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOSSMMRScanning Multichannel Microwave RadiometerSSM/ISpecial Sensor Microwave/ImagerSSMISSpecial Sensor Microwave Imager/SounderAQUAEarth Observing System, AQUADMSP 5D-2/F11Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11DMSP 5D-2/F13Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13DMSP 5D-2/F8Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8DMSP 5D-3/F17Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17Nimbus-7Nimbus-71979-01-012012-12-312002-06-192011-09-27deprecated-86.716786.7167-179.9999179.9999Geographic RegionGlobal25 km25km1 dayEnglishUMTNASA NSIDC DAACNASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Centerhttps://nsidc.org/daacData Center ContactNSIDCUser Servicesnsidc@nsidc.org1-303-492-6199National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of ColoradoBoulderCO80309-0449USAFTP25 KBGIFFTP200 KBHDF5FTP50 KBGeoTIFFhttp://nsidc.org/data/docs/measures/nsidc-0477/images/figure1-v03.gifSample ImageFigure 1: Daily Composite AM/PM Freeze/Thaw Status for 9 April 2004Armstrong, R. L., and M. J. Brodzik. 1995. An Earth-Gridded SSM/I Data Set for Cryospheric Studies and Global Change Monitoring. Advances in Space Research 16: 155-63.
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Ferraro, R. R., F. Weng, N. C. Grody, and A. Basist. 1996. An Eight-Year (1987-1994) Time Series of Rainfall, Clouds, Water Vapor, Snow Cover, and Sea Ice Derived from SSM/I Measurements. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(5), 891-905.
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GLOBE Task Team and others (Hasting, D. A., P. K. Dunbar, G. M. Elphingstone et al.). 1999. The Global Land One-Kilometer Base Elevation (GLOBE) Digital Elevation Model, Version 1.0. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328, U.S.A. Digital data base at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/topo/globe.html and CD-ROMs.
Jones, L.A., and J.S. Kimball, 2010. Daily Global Land Surface Parameters Derived from AMSR-E, Version 1.1. Boulder Colorado USA: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0451.html.
Kim, Y., J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald and J. Glassy, 2010. MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 1 [1988 to 2007]. Boulder Colorado USA: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0477.html.
Kim, Y., J. S. Kimball, K. C. McDonald, and J. Glassy. 2011. Developing a Global Data Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status using Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Kim, Y., J.S. Kimball, K. Zhang, and K.C. McDonald, 2012. Satellite Detection of Increasing Northern Hemisphere Non-Frozen Seasons from 1979 to 2008: Implications for Regional Vegetation Growth. Remote Sensing of Environment 121, 472-487.
Kim, Y., J.S. Kimball, K. Zhang, K. Didan, I. Velicogna, and K.C. McDonald. 2014. Attribution of Divergent Northern Vegetation Growth Responses to Lengthening Non-Frozen Seasons using Satellite Optical-NIR and Microwave Remote Sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing 35, 10, 3700-3721.
Knowles, K., M. Savoie, R. Armstrong, and M. Brodzik, 2006, updated 2011. AMSR-E/Aqua Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures [2002-2011]. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Knowles, K., E.G. Njoku, R. Armstrong, and M. Brodzik, 2000. Nimbus-7 SMMR Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures [1979-1987]. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
McDonald, K.C, and J.S. Kimball, 2005. Hydrological Application of Remote Sensing: Freeze-thaw States Using both Active and Passive Microwave Sensors. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. Part 5. Remote Sensing. M.G. Anderson and J.J. McDonnell (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi: 10.1002/0470848944.hsa059a.The MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 3 data set is a global record of the daily freeze/thaw (F/T) status of the landscape derived from satellite observations of radiometric brightness temperatures. Two F/T records are provided: one derived from Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) data for the years 1979 to 2012; and a second derived from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) data for the years 2002 to 2011.VIEW RELATED INFORMATIONhttps://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/nsidc-0477-v003-userguide.pdfMEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 3 User GuidePROJECT HOME PAGEhttp://freezethaw.ntsg.umt.eduFreeze/Thaw Earth System Data Record @ UMCEOS IDN DIFVERSION 9.92014-08-062026-05-05NSIDCVersion SummaryChanges for this Version 3 release include: extending the F/T record through 2012; correcting land/ocean mask and F/T misclassification errors over some ocean dominated grid cells; revising the methodology used to produce the data quality annual maps.NSIDCMinor VersionNSIDCLevel of ServiceNo Data AccessNSIDCFull Dataset CitationKim, Y., Kimball, J. S., Glassy, J. & McDonald, K. C. (2014). <i>MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status</i>. (NSIDC-0477, Version 3). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.003">https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.003</a>. [<i><describe subset used if applicable></i>].NSIDCRetiredtrue