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2006 Greenland Ice Sheet snowmelt from spaceborne microwave brightness temperatures
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Tedesco, Marco |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Brightness temperatures over the Greenland ice sheet, as measured by the Special Sensor Microwave Imager radiometer (SSM/I) aboard the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite (DMSP) Program's F13 satellite, have now been released (available at ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/brightness-temperatures/easegrid/ssmi/). These data support the quantification of the number of snow melting days in 2006 (Figure l a ) and the 2006 melting days anomaly (e.g., the difference between 2006 melting days and the average number of melting days between 1988 and 2005; Figure l b ). Updated results are fundamental to longterm trend analyses of snowmelt extent and duration. The 2006 melting index (e.g., the number of melting days × melt extent) follows the trend derived from the analysis of 1988–2005 data, and ranks seventh when using the 19.35-gigahertz data (with 2005, 2002, 1998, 2004, 1999, and 2003 in this order having a greater melting index). The 2006 melting index ranks fifth when using the 37-gigahertz data, which are more sensitive to surface processes (with 1998, 2002, 2005, and 2004 in this order having a greater melting index). |
| Starting Page | 238 |
| Ending Page | 238 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1029/2007EO220003 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.cryocity.org/uploads/1/3/0/5/13056389/21_5-29-07_tedesco.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1029/2007EO220003 |
| Volume Number | 88 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
