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MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere State of Cryosphere Weekly 100km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0535
DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0535.001
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, reports the location of Northern Hemisphere snow cover and sea ice extent, the status of melt onset across Greenland and Arctic sea ice, and the level of agreement between snow cover maps derived from two different sources.
Parameter(s):
ICE EXTENT
SNOW COVER
SNOW MELT
Platform(s):
DMSP 5D-2/F11
DMSP 5D-2/F13
DMSP 5D-2/F8
DMSP 5D-3/F17
Nimbus-7
Sensor(s):
SMMR
SSM/I
SSMIS
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
  • 2 January 1979 to 31 December 2012
Temporal Resolution:
  • 7 day
Spatial Resolution:
  • 100 km
  • 100 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
  • WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 North
    EPSG:6931
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    90
    S:
    0
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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