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

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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.

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21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F484
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/boreas/RSS/rss17fth/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/guides/RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/484
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rss17fth/comp/README
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rss17fth/comp/restricted_readme
10 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rss17fth/comp/RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.doc
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rss17fth/comp/RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.pdf
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rss17fth/comp/RSS17_FreezeThaw_Maps.txt
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/boreas_logo_square.png

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  • snow-ice
  • cryosphere
  • earth-science

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