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As the robust determination of the freeze\/thaw (F\/T) state using exclusively scatterometer measurements on a global basis is complicated due to the myriad of different climatic and land cover conditions; we propose to support the retrieval using ERA Interim temperature data. The approach is based on a probabilistic time series model, whereby backscatter and temperature data are combined to estimate the freeze\/thaw state. The method is assessed with proxy F\/T states derived from modeled and in situ air and soil temperature data on a global basis. These analyses show an improved consistency compared to a previously published ASCAT F\/T algorithm, with typical agreements between the external data and the results of the algorithm exceeding 80%. The quantitative interpretation of these comparisons is, however, hampered by discrepancies between the F\/T state derived from temperature data and the one pertinent to radar remote sensing, as the former does not account for, e.g., wet snow conditions. The inclusion of the ERA Interim temperature data can improve the accuracy of the algorithm by more than 10 percentage points in regions where freezing conditions are rare.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs70303206","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,23]],"date-time":"2015-03-23T12:17:00Z","timestamp":1427113020000},"page":"3206-3231","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Frozen Soil Detection Based on Advanced Scatterometer Observations and Air Temperature Data as Part of Soil Moisture Retrieval"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Simon","family":"Zwieback","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 3, Zurich 8093, Switzerland"}]},{"given":"Christoph","family":"Paulik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Group Remote Sensing, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation (GEO), Vienna University of Technology, Gu\u00dfhausstra\u00dfe 27-29, Vienna 1040, Austria"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7704-6857","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wolfgang","family":"Wagner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Group Remote Sensing, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation (GEO), Vienna University of Technology, Gu\u00dfhausstra\u00dfe 27-29, Vienna 1040, Austria"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,3,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1999","DOI":"10.1109\/TGRS.2008.2011617","article-title":"An Improved Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm for ERS and METOP Scatterometer Observations","volume":"47","author":"Naeimi","year":"2009","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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