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Description

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.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

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

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
100 Kilometers x 100 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 North (EPSG:6931)
Location
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1979-01-02 to 2012-12-31
Temporal Resolution
7 Day
Concept ID
C3291002174-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1774
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Ice Extent ,
Snow Cover ,
Snow Melt

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

Robinson, D., Anderson, M., Estilow, T., & Mote, T. (2015). MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere State of Cryosphere Weekly 100km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0535.001 Date Accessed: 2026-08-13

Documents

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Title Year Author Topic
Using self-organizing maps to detect northern hemisphere cryo-cover transformation Brasher, Saber E., Leathers, Daniel J. Ice Extent, Snow Cover, Snow Melt
Varying snow and vegetation signatures of surface-albedo feedback on the Northern Hemisphere land warming Alessandri, Andrea, Catalano, Franco, De Felice, Matteo, van den Hurk, Bart, Balsamo, Gianpaolo Ice Extent, Snow Cover, Snow Melt
Climatology of Northern Hemisphere Cryocover Brasher, Saber E., Leathers, Daniel J. Ice Extent, Snow Cover, Snow Melt
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