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BOREAS RSS-17 1994 ERS-1 Level-3 Freeze/Thaw Backscatter Change Images

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/484
Version1
Project
Published1999-12-17
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Description

The BOREAS RSS-17 team acquired and analyzed imaging radar data from the ESA's ERS-1 over a complete annual cycle at the BOREAS sites in Canada in 1994 to detect shifts in radar backscatter related to varying environmental conditions. Two independent transitions corresponding to soil thaw and possible canopy thaw were revealed by the data. The results demonstrated that radar provides an ability to observe thaw transitions at the beginning of the growing season, which in turn helps constrain the length of the growing season.

Science Keywords

  • CRYOSPHERE
  • SNOW/ICE
  • FREEZE/THAW

Data Use and Citation

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Way, J., R. Zimmerman, K. McDonald, and E. Rignot. 1999. BOREAS RSS-17 1994 ERS-1 Level-3 Freeze/Thaw Backscatter Change Images. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/484

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  • README
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  • RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.pdf
  • RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.doc
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  • RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.txt