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Sudbury Division of the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts

Entry ID: USFWS_CSDS_sudbnd

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Summary

Abstract: The image shows the average cumulative melt days for the Greenland Ice Sheet for the period 1979 to 2007. Oranges and reds indicate greater numbers of melt days, while blues and greens indicate no or low numbers of melt days. Note: This image uses a different ice sheet mask than Figure 1. As a result, some coastal areas showing melt in Figure 1 are masked out in Figure 3. Data are from Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Characteristics Derived from Passive Microwave Data, from the Scanning Multi-channel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instruments.

Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center

Description: Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Characteristics Derived from Passive Microwave Data

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 86.0

S: 56.0

E: -9.0

W: -75.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NSIDC

Dataset Title: Greenland Cumulative Melt Days Annual Average 1979-2007

Dataset Publisher: NSIDC

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/greenland-today/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1979-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS

CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS

ISO Topic Category

INLAND WATERS

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13

DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11

DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8

NIMBUS-7

Instrument

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Publications/References

Tedesco, M., X. Fettweis, T. Mote, J. Wahr, P. Alexander, J. Box, and B. Wouters (2012), Evidence and analysis of 2012 Greenland records from spaceborne observations, a regional climate model and reanalysis data., 6, 4939–4976, The Cryosphere Discuss, doi:10.5194/tcd-6-4939-2012.

Hanna, E., S. H. Mernild, J. Cappelen, and K. Steffen (2012), Recent warming in Greenland in a long-term instrumental (1881–2012) climatic context: I. Evaluation of surface air temperature records., 7, no. 4, Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045404

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2013-02-11

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-02-19

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