nasa-nsidcdaac-nsidc-0477

Non-frozen period

Version 2.

The MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status Version 2 product is a global record of the daily freeze/thaw (FT) status of the landscape derived from satellite observations of radiometric brightness temperatures. Two FT records are provided: a Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) and Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) record for the years 1979 to 2010; and an Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) record for the years 2002 to 2011.

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The time range for this dataset is January 01, 1979 (00:33 AM) to September 27, 2011 (23:59 PM).

The spatial range for this dataset is -86.72° to 86.72° latitude, and -180.00° to 180.00° longitude. map (center)

• 1 image was derived from this dataset : image 134d344e.

When citing this dataset please refer to Kim, Y., J. S. Kimball, J. Glassy, and K. C. McDonald. 2010, Updated 2012. MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 2, [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi:10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.002 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 passive microwave remote sensing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 49(3): 949-960. 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..

DOI : 10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0477.002