HMA_FreezeThawMelt_ASCAT_1

High Mountain Asia ASCAT Freeze/Thaw/Melt Status V001

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  • Abstract
    This data set contains bulk landscape frozen or thawed status over seasonally frozen land as well as snowmelt status over glacierized areas for the High Mountain Asia region. Daily Freeze/Thaw/Melt (F/T/M) status is derived from vertically polarized (V-pol) C-band (5.255 GHz) backscatter measurements acquired by the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on EUMETSAT Metop-A and Metop-B satellites. Swath-ordered observations are spatially enhanced using the Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) algorithm (Early and Long, 2001), are posted on Earth-fixed 4.45 km grids, and are interpolated to a daily product from the original 3-day, a.m. overpasses.
  • Purpose
    Scientific Research
  • DOI

    10.5067/L319IEPK63VC

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    Processing Level

    Level 3

    Geophysical variables mapped on a grid

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    Science Keywords
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • Terrestrial Hydrosphere
    • Snow/Ice
    • Freeze/Thaw
    • Freeze/Thaw/Melt State
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  • GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
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Platforms
  • Earth Observation Satellites
    METOP
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    • ASCAT

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    Coverage Type Zone Identifier Geometry Granule Representation
    HORIZONTAL CARTESIAN GEODETIC
Location Keywords
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Afghanistan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Bhutan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Eastern Asia
    • China
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • India
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Kazakhstan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Nepal
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Pakistan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Tajikistan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southcentral Asia
    • Uzbekistan
    • Continent
    • Asia
    • Southeastern Asia
    • Burma

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    National Snow and Ice Data Center
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    • High Mountain Asia ASCAT Freeze/Thaw/Melt Status V001
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      Published by: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

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