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Description

This data set, part of the NASA Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) program, is an improved, enhanced-resolution, gridded passive microwave Earth System Data Record (ESDR) for monitoring cryospheric and hydrologic time series from SMMR, SSM/I-SSMIS, and AMSR-E. It is derived from the most mature and available Level-2 satellite passive microwave records from 1978 through the present.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua ,
DMSP 5D-2/F10 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F11 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F13 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F14 ,
DMSP 5D-2/F8 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F15 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F16 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F17 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F18 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F19 ,
Nimbus-7
Instruments
AMSR-E ,
SSM/I ,
SSMIS ,
SMMR
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
GLOBAL ,
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ,
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1978-10-25 to 2025-09-30
Concept ID
C3177839243-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
4594898
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Brodzik, M. J., Long, D., Hardman, M., Paget, A., & Armstrong, R. (2016). MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/NSIDC-0630.001 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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