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NSIDC-0105

Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures, Version 4

This data set includes yearly snow melt onset dates over Arctic sea ice derived from Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) brightness temperature measurements. The data are gridded to the 25 km Northern Hemisphere Polar Stereographic projection and available from 1979 through 2017. One browse image is available for each year. This data set also contains value-added statistics for each grid cell, including: mean melt onset date, latest (maximum) melt onset date, earliest (minimum) melt onset date, range of melt onset dates (the difference between maximum and minimum onset dates), and the standard deviation of melt onset dates. One browse image is also provided for each statistical field.

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Spatial Extent:

Bounding Rectangle:

N: 90.0 S: 30.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Format(s):

Distribution: PNG, NetCDF

Temporal Extent:

1979-01-01 to 2017-12-31

Platform(s):

DMSP, DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7

Data Center(s):

OR-STATE/COAS

Instrument(s):

SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR

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Title: Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures, Version 4
Version: 4
Publisher: NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://doi.org/10.5067/A9YK15H5EBHK, Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc.

Purpose
Scientific Research
DOI
10.5067/A9YK15H5EBHK

Processing Level

Level 3

Geophysical variables mapped on a grid

Quality

Collection Progress
Complete

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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	GEODETIC

Location Keywords

- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
- OCEAN
- ARCTIC OCEAN

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ARCHIVER
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

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https://nsidc.org/daac

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DISTRIBUTOR
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
  CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

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Archiving Data Center
https://nsidc.org/daac

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OR-STATE/COAS
PROCESSOR
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Originating Data Center
http://www.oce.orst.edu/

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OR-STATE/COAS
ORIGINATOR
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Originating Data Center
http://www.oce.orst.edu/

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NSIDC Services
Technical Contact

NSIDC Services
- CIRES, 449 UCB
  University of Colorado
  Boulder, CO 80309-0449
1 303 492 6199

1 303 492 2468

Email
Mark Anderson
Technical Contact

Mark Anderson
- Meteorology/Climatology Program
  Dept. of Geosciences
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
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Angela Bliss
Technical Contact

Angela Bliss

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Sheldon Drobot
Technical Contact

Sheldon Drobot
- Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
  Department of Aerospace Engineering
  431 UCB
  Boulder, CO 80309-0431
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Mark Anderson
Technical Contact

Mark Anderson
- Meteorology/Climatology Program
  Dept. of Geosciences
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
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Angela Bliss
Technical Contact

Angela Bliss

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Email
Sheldon Drobot
Technical Contact

Sheldon Drobot
- Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
  Department of Aerospace Engineering
  431 UCB
  Boulder, CO 80309-0431
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NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
User Services

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- Boulder, Colorado
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Metadata Dates

Creation	2019-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2019-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

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Format Type: Native

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Format: NetCDF

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Format Description: FTP 1.9 MB

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Snow Melt Onset Over Arctic Sea Ice from SMMR and SSM/I-SSMIS Brightness Temperatures, Version 4

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NASA NSIDC DAAC

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OR-STATE/COAS

OR-STATE/COAS

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Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson

Angela Bliss

Angela Bliss

Sheldon Drobot

Sheldon Drobot

Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson

Angela Bliss

Angela Bliss

Sheldon Drobot

Sheldon Drobot

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center

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