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Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Landscape Freeze/Thaw Data, Version 5
This Level-3 (L3) data set includes weekly Northern Hemisphere landscape freeze/thaw (FT) data derived from L-band radiometer brightness temperature observations, acquired by the Aquarius sensor on board Argentina's Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC-D) satellite. The data are distributed on the Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid, Version 2.0 (EASE-Grid 2.0), with a spatial resolution of 36 km. The SAC-D satellite was developed collaboratively between NASA and Argentina's space agency, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE).
This is the most recent version of these data.
This data set is being updated to Version 5 to match the other Aquarius polar gridded data products.
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As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Roy, A., L. Brucker, M. Prince, A. Royer, and C. Derksen. 2018. Aquarius L3 Weekly Polar-Gridded Landscape Freeze/Thaw Data, Version 5. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/OV4R18NL3BQR. [Date Accessed].
