Entry_ID: ARCSS123
Entry_Title: Greenland Snow Pit and Core Stratigraphy
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Benson, Carl S.
   Dataset_Title: Greenland Snow Pit and Core Stratigraphy
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2003-07-25
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss123.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: C.
   Middle_Name: S.
   Last_Name: Benson
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: NSIDC
   Last_Name: User Services
   Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
   Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
   Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Sheets
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Depth/Thickness
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Density
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Depth
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Facies
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow/Ice Temperature
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Stratigraphy
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Paleoclimate
   Term: Ice Core Records
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Sheets
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Depth/Thickness
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Density
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Depth
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Facies
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow/Ice Temperature
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Snow/Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Snow Stratigraphy
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Keyword: Haefeli Rammsonde Penetrometer
Keyword: Ice Sheet Facies
Keyword: Snow Accumulation
Keyword: SNOW CORES
Keyword: Snow Densification
Keyword: Snow Stratigraphy
Keyword: Traverses
Keyword: Weston Bimetallic Thermometer
Sensor_Name: CAMERAS
Sensor_Name: PENETROMETERS
Sensor_Name: THERMOMETERS
Source_Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1952-08-17
   Stop_Date: 1955-08-20
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 60
   Northernmost_Latitude: 85
   Westernmost_Longitude: -72
   Easternmost_Longitude: -18
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: NORTH AMERICA
   Location_Subregion1: GREENLAND
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: POLAR
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Data_Set_Language: English
Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
      End_Group
   End_Group
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Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_ARC > NSIDC Roger G. Barry Archives and Resource Center 
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/rocs/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC ARC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
      End_Group
   End_Group
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: Microfiche
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: Paper
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Group: Reference

   Benson, C.S., Stratigraphic studies in the snow and firn of the Greenland ice 
   sheet, U.S. Army Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment, [now CRREL] 
   Research Report 70, 1962.

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Group: Summary

   Carl S. Benson's Greenland snow accumulation study field notebooks and 
   analyses of snow accumulation, temperature, ice sheet facies and snow 
   densification are available on 74 microfiche or as hard copy for on-site use 
   by appointment. The data set includes a summary of all sampling stations, 
   summary matrix of data collected at each station; accumulation data adjusted 
   for Fall 1954 and Fall 1955 reference horizons; average accumulation for all 
   stations; integrated ram hardness (snow density); descriptive stratigraphy, 
   pit profile temperature and density; and pit and core temperature, density, 
   ram hardness and stratigraphy. Benson's notebook is available only in 
   hard-copy, for use on-site use by appointment only.

   Copies of microfiche are available. Please contact NSIDC User Services for 
   more information or to schedule on-site use.

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IDN_Node: USA/NOAA
Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2003-07-25
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-08-16
DIF_Revision_History: corrected dist. media