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This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, offers users a 25 km daily record of surface/near-surface melting on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The presence of melting is determined from brightness temperature data acquired during a 34 year span by three satellite-borne microwave radiometers: the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR), the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS).
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Mote, T. (2014). MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0533.001 Date Accessed: 2026-04-30
Mote, Thomas. “MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1.” NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2014. doi:10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0533.001. Date Accessed: 2026-04-30
Mote, Thomas. MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center, 2014, doi:10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0533.001. Date Accessed: 2026-04-30
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