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An extended global Earth system data record on daily landscape freeze–thaw status determined from satellite passive microwave remote sensing
Youngwook Kim
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Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry &
Conservation, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
John S. Kimball
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry &
Conservation, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Joseph Glassy
Lupine Logic, Inc., Missoula, MT 59802, USA
Jinyang Du
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry &
Conservation, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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David Holl, Christian Wille, Torsten Sachs, Peter Schreiber, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Lutz Beckebanze, Moritz Langer, Julia Boike, Eva-Maria Pfeiffer, Irina Fedorova, Dimitry Y. Bolshianov, Mikhail N. Grigoriev, and Lars Kutzbach
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Andrew G. Fountain, Juan C. Fernandez-Diaz, Maciej Obryk, Joseph Levy, Michael Gooseff, David J. Van Horn, Paul Morin, and Ramesh Shrestha
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Waterbodies are abundant in Arctic permafrost lowlands. Most waterbodies are ponds with a surface area smaller than 100 x 100 m. The Permafrost Region Pond and Lake Database (PeRL) for the first time maps ponds as small as 10 x 10 m. PeRL maps can be used to document changes both by comparing them to historical and future imagery. The distribution of waterbodies in the Arctic is important to know in order to manage resources in the Arctic and to improve climate predictions in the Arctic.
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Short summary
A new freeze–thaw (FT) Earth system data record (ESDR) was developed from satellite passive microwave remote sensing that quantifies the daily landscape frozen or non-frozen status over a 25 km resolution global grid and 1979–2014 record. The FT-ESDR shows favorable accuracy and performance, enabling new studies of climate change and frozen season impacts on surface water mobility and ecosystem processes.
A new freeze–thaw (FT) Earth system data record (ESDR) was developed from satellite passive...
