MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 3

Data set id:

NSIDC-0477

DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.003

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Kim, Y., Kimball, J. S., Glassy, J. & McDonald, K. C. (2014). MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status. (NSIDC-0477, Version 3). [Data Set]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.003. [describe subset used if applicable]. Date Accessed 12-11-2024.

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Version Summary

Changes 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.

Overview

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.

Parameter(s):

FREEZE/THAW

Platform(s):

AQUA, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7

Sensor(s):

AMSR-E, SMMR, SSM/I, SSMIS

Data Format(s):

GIF, HDF, GeoTIFF

Temporal Coverage:

1 January 1979 to 31 December 2012
19 June 2002 to 27 September 2011

Temporal Resolution:

1 day

Spatial Resolution:

25 km

25km

Spatial Coverage:

N:

86.7167

S:

-86.7167

E:

179.9999

W:

-179.9999

Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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Documentation

User Guide

MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 3 User Guide

Sensor and Instrument Information

AMSR-E Instrument Description

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