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Description

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.

Version Description

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.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua ,
DMSP 5D-2/F11 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F13 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F8 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F17 ,
Nimbus-7
Instruments
AMSR-E ,
SSM/I ,
SSMIS ,
SMMR
Spatial Extent

N: 86.7167 S: -86.7167 E: 179.9999 W: -179.9999

Spatial Resolution
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-06-19 to 2011-09-27
Temporal Resolution
12 Hour
Concept ID
C3291175626-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Freeze/Thaw

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Kim, Y., Kimball, J., Glassy, J., & McDonald, K. (2014). MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status, Version 3 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0477.003 Date Accessed: 2026-06-10

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Detecting surface freeze-thaw states in Northeast China with passive microwave data using an improved standard deviation method Man, Hao-Ran, Xiao, Yang, Zang, Shu-Ying, Li, Miao, Dong, Xing-Feng Freeze/Thaw
Exposure to cold temperature affects the spring phenology of Alaskan deciduous vegetation types Shi, Mingjie, Parazoo, Nicholas C, Jeong, Su-Jong, Birch, Leah, Lawrence, Peter, Euskirchen, Eugenie S, Miller, Charles E Primary Production, Respiration Rate, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Biogeochemical Cycles, Carbon, Freeze/Thaw
Circumpolar patterns of potential mean annual ground temperature based on surface state obtained from microwave satellite data Kroisleitner, Christine, Bartsch, Annett, Bergstedt, Helena Freeze/Thaw
The accuracy of snow melt-off day derived from optical and microwave radiometer dataA study for Europe Metsamaki, Sari, Bottcher, Kristin, Pulliainen, Jouni, Luojus, Kari, Cohen, Juval, Takala, Matias, Mattila, Olli-Pekka, Schwaizer, Gabriele, Derksen, Chris, Koponen, Sampsa Freeze/Thaw
Cryosphere: Remote Sensing Nolin, Anne W. Freeze/Thaw
Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing of Landscape FreezeThaw Status Related to Frost Hazard Monitoring Kim, Youngwook, Kimball, John S., Du, Jinyang Plant Phenology, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenological Changes, Vegetation Index, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Freeze/Thaw, Transition Direction
Retrieving landscape freeze/thaw state from Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radar and radiometer measurements Derksen, Chris, Xu, Xiaolan, Scott Dunbar, R., Colliander, Andreas, Kim, Youngwook, Kimball, John S., Black, T. Andrew, Euskirchen, Eugenie, Langlois, Alexandre, Loranty, Michael M., Marsh, Philip, Rautiainen, Kimmo, Roy, Alexandre, Royer, Alain, Stephens, Jilmarie Freeze/Thaw, SIGMA NAUGHT, Transition Direction, Soil Moisture/Water Content, ORBITAL CHARACTERISTICS, RADAR IMAGERY, Brightness Temperature, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Surface Soil Moisture, Freeze/Thaw
Quantification of warming climate-induced changes in terrestrial Arctic river ice thickness and phenology Park, Hotaek, Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro, Oshima, Kazuhiro, Kim, Youngwook, Ngo-Duc, Thanh, Kimball, John S., Yang, Daqing Freeze/Thaw
Widespread permafrost vulnerability and soil active layer increases over the high northern latitudes inferred from satellite remote sensing and process model ... Park, Hotaek, Kim, Youngwook, Kimball, John S. Freeze/Thaw
New satellite climate data records indicate strong coupling between recent frozen season changes and snow cover over high northern latitudes Kim, Youngwook, Kimball, J S, Robinson, D A, Derksen, C Freeze/Thaw
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