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Freeze-Thaw Earth System Data Record

Entry ID: UMT_NTSG_FREEZETHAW

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Summary

Abstract: NASA's Freeze/Thaw Earth System Data Record (FT-ESDR) Web Interface is a NASA MEaSUREs (Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments) funded effort to provide a consistent long-term global data record of land surface freeze/thaw (FT) state dynamics for all vegetated regions where low temperatures are a major constraint to ecosystem processes. The FT measurement is derived from ...

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Link: GET DATA

Description: Access the Freeze-Thaw Earth System Data Record holdings.

Link: GET SERVICE > GET MAP SERVICE

Description: Access the Freeze/Thaw Earth System Data Record map service.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: University of Montana

Dataset Title: Freeze-Thaw Earth System Data Record

Dataset Publisher: University of Montana

Online Resource: http://freezethaw.ntsg.umt.edu/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-01-01

Stop Date: 2008-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ASIA > EASTERN ASIA > CHINA

CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA > INDIA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION

ISO Topic Category

INLAND WATERS

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

ICESAT > Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite

DEM > Digital Elevation Model

Instrument

GLAS > Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Observing the Earth, European Space Agency

Data Center URL: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/

Data Center Personnel
Name: ESA EARTH OBSERVATION HELPDESK Phone: +39 06 94180777 Fax: +39 06 94180292 Contact Address: ESA/ESRIN Via Galileo Galilei, CP 64 City: Frascati Postal Code: I-00044 Country: Italy

Publications/References

Ka ̈a ̈b, A., Berthier, E., Nuth, C., Gardelle, J., and Arnaud, Y. (2012), Contrasting patterns of early 21st century glacier mass change in the Himalaya, 488, 495–498, Nature, doi:doi:10.1038/nature11324

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-09-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-01-22

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