http://nsidc.org/collections/NSIDC-0477 | Climate Data Guide

Dataset Name

MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status

Metadata Identifier

http://nsidc.org/collections/NSIDC-0477

Start Date

1979-01-01

End Date

2011-09-27

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Landscape surface freeze/thaw status based on passive microwave remote sensing

Years of record

1979-01 to 2011-09

A global data set of the frozen state of the land surface (free-thaw (FT) status) has been developed spanning 1979-present at a daily timestep and 25 x 25 km spatial resolution. Based on passive microwave remote sensing, the FT parameter is closely related to the surface energy budget, hydrologic cycle, trace gas exchanges, vegetation growth, and terrestrial carbon…
Main variables and Earth System components
Land Freeze/Thaw
Formats

binary, GeoTIFF, HDF

Timestep

Daily

Domain

Global

Collections

Climate Data Record
Experts contributing reviews

Kimball, John

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