Circumpolar surface soil moisture and freeze/thaw surface status remote sensing products (Version 2) with links to geotiff images and NetCDF files (2007-01 to 2010-09) ...

This dataset is part of the ESA Data User Element (DUE) Permafrost Full Product Set (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.780111).MetOp ASCAT data have been used for both the near surface soil moisture (SSM) product and determination of freeze/thaw status at pan-boreal/arctic scale. Metop-A, launched in October 2006...

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Main Authors: Paulik, Christoph, Melzer, Thomas, Hahn, Sebastian, Bartsch, Annett, Heim, Birgit, Elger, Kirsten, Wagner, Wolfgang
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2012
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Satellite remote sensing
ESA Data User Element - Permafrost ESA-DUE-Permafrost
permafrost
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.775959
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.775959
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Summary:This dataset is part of the ESA Data User Element (DUE) Permafrost Full Product Set (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.780111).MetOp ASCAT data have been used for both the near surface soil moisture (SSM) product and determination of freeze/thaw status at pan-boreal/arctic scale. Metop-A, launched in October 2006 by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), is the first of three satellites within EUMETSAT's Polar System (EPS). Alternative global products exist from passive microwave sensors. In case of surface soil moisture, these datasets have been recently combined with ERS and ASCAT records within the ESA WACMOS project for a 30-year historic record. The DUE Permafrost service aims on regular updates and has been adjusted to high latitudes. This included the review of processing parameters and improved masking for frozen ground conditions. The initial freeze/thaw status flag has been implemented for the weekly averaged surface soil moisture service. It has been improved in ...

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