| Abstract: | Previous work has shown that the summer of 2002 had the greatest area of snow melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet ever recorded using passive-microwave data. In this paper, we compare the 0?? isotherm derived from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument, with Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I)-derived melt, at the time of the maximum melt extent in 2002. To validate the MODIS-derived land-surface temperatures (LSTs), we compared the MODIS LSTs with air temperatures from nine stations (using 11 different data points) and found that they agreed to within 2.3??2.09??C, with station temperatures consistently lower than the MODIS LSTs. According to the MODIS LST, the maximum surface melt extended to ???2300 m in southern Greenland; while the SSM/I measurements showed that the maximum melt extended to nearly 2700 m in southeastern Greenland. The MODIS and SSM/I data are complementary in providing detailed information about the progression of surface and near-surface melt on the Greenland ice sheet. |
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| ProdID: | 70026165 |
| Citation Author: | Hall, D. K.; Williams, Jr. , R. S.; Steffen, K.; Chien, J. Y. L. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Analysis of summer 2002 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet using MODIS and SSM/I data; 2004; Conference Paper; International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Hall, D. K.; Williams, Jr. , R. S.; Steffen, K.; Chien, J. Y. L. |
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| Citation Year: | 2004 |
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| Text: | Analysis of summer 2002 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet using MODIS and SSM/I data; 2004; Conference Paper; International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); Hall, D. K.; Williams, Jr. , R. S.; Steffen, K.; Chien, J. Y. L. |
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| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 2004 00:00 -0600 |
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