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MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 01

Entry ID: NSIDC-0477

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Summary

Abstract: The MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 01 data set is derived from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite series using the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I). The parameters in this data set include AM freeze thaw, PM freeze thaw, combined freeze thaw, transitional freeze thaw, and inverse transitional freeze thaw states of water. The ...

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Description: Freeze/Thaw Earth System Data Record Web Site

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 86.72

S: -84.24

E: 179.74

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Version: V01

Dataset Originator/Creator: John Kimball

Dataset Title: MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status

Dataset Series Name: MEaSUREs

Dataset Release Date: 2010-09-15

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Version: V01

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0477.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1988-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 25 km
Longitude Resolution: 25km
Temporal Resolution: 12 hours

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

SATELLITES

POLAR > POLAR

Instrument

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

MEASURES > Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments

Ancillary Keywords

Frozen Ground

Frozen Soil

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_DAAC

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 294 MB

Distribution Format: GIF

Personnel

JOHN S. KIMBALL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: johnk at ntsg.umt.edu

Contact Address:

NTSG School of Forestry

University of Montana

City: Missoula

Province or State: MT

Postal Code: 59812

Country: USA

Publications/References

Armstrong, 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.

Brodzik, M. J. and R. L. Armstrong. 2008. updated daily. Near-Real-Time DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, 1988-2007. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Ferraro, R. R., ...

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-09-09

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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