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  <Entry_Title>Environmental Working Group Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas</Entry_Title>
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    <Dataset_Creator>Arctic Climatology Project, .  Edited by F. Fetterer and V. F. Radionov. </Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Environmental Working Group Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2000-01-01</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
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    <Role>Technical Contact</Role>
    <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
    <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
    <Phone>1 303 492-6199 x</Phone>
    <Fax>1 303  492-2468 x</Fax>
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      <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
      <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
      <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>St. Petersburg, Russia</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)</Last_Name>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Pressure</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Sea Level Pressure</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Radiation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Incoming Solar Radiation</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Radiation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Longwave Radiation</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Radiation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Net Radiation</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Radiation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Solar Radiation</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Temperature</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Air Temperature</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Temperature</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Surface Air Temperature</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Atmospheric Water Vapor</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Humidity</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Clouds</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Cloud Amount/Frequency</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Precipitation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Precipitation Amount</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Atmosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Precipitation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow Depth</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow Water Equivalent</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Oceans</Topic>
    <Term>Ocean Winds</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Surface Winds</Variable_Level_1>
    <Detailed_Variable>Wind Speed</Detailed_Variable>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Terrestrial Hydrosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow Depth</Variable_Level_1>
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    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Terrestrial Hydrosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Snow Water Equivalent</Variable_Level_1>
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  <ISO_Topic_Category>Oceans</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>Arctic</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Arctic Ocean</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Atmosphere</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Atmospheric Pressure</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Climate</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Climatology</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Cloud Cover</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Coastal Stations</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Cryosphere</Keyword>
  <Keyword>DARMS</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Direct Radiation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>DRIFTING STATIONS</Keyword>
  <Keyword>GLOBAL RADIATION</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Hydrosphere</Keyword>
  <Keyword>ICE STATIONS</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Meteorology</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Net Radiation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NOAA</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSIDC</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Precipitation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Precipitation Amount</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Radiation Budget</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Russian Patrol Ships</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Sea Level Pressure</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Snow</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Snow Depth</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Snow Water Equivalent</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Solar Radiation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Total Radiation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Two-Meter Air Temperature</Keyword>
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    <Short_Name>ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR</Short_Name>
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    <Short_Name>BAROMETERS</Short_Name>
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  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>HYGROMETERS</Short_Name>
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  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>PSYCHROMETERS</Short_Name>
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    <Short_Name>THERMOMETERS</Short_Name>
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  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>VISUAL OBSERVATIONS</Short_Name>
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  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>WET BULB THERMOMETERS</Short_Name>
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  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>COASTAL STATIONS</Short_Name>
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  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>GROUND STATIONS</Short_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>SHIPS</Short_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>WEATHER STATIONS</Short_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Temporal_Coverage>
    <Start_Date>1950-01-01</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>1995-12-31</Stop_Date>
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  <Data_Set_Progress>complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>60</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>90</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-180</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>180</Easternmost_Longitude>
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  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>ARCTIC</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Project>
    <Short_Name>ARCTIC CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT</Short_Name>
  </Project>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
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    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
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    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org</Data_Center_URL>
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      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
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      <Short_Name>NSIDC_NOAA</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org/noaa/</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC NOAA</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
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        <Country>USA</Country>
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  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>CD-ROM</Distribution_Media>
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  <Summary>The Environmental Working Group (EWG) was established in June 1995 under the framework of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. In January 1996, the EWG Arctic Climatology Group took on the task of compiling digital data on arctic regions to expand scientific understanding of the Arctic. This work resulted in a set of three atlases on CD-ROM for arctic oceanography, sea ice, and meteorology.

The Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas was developed by specialists from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russia, the University of Washington, Seattle, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. The Atlas contains three main sections: a history section, a 'Primer,' and a data section. The history section and Primer provide background and introductory information for newcomers to arctic meteorology, while the data section contains gridded fields of meteorological parameters, and newly released meteorological station data from Russian and other sources. In addition, the Atlas includes several English translations of Russian technical documents, and a glossary of meteorological terms in English and Russian.

Users can order the CD-ROM free of charge from NSIDC User Services Office. NSIDC also distributes the EWG Joint U.S.-Russian Atlas of the Arctic Ocean (Winter and Summer periods on two CD-ROMs), and the EWG Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas free of charge. The CD-ROMs are in HTML format.</Summary>
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    <Description>All About Arctic Climatology and Meteorology</Description>
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    <Description>Environmental Working Group: Joint U.S.-Russian Atlas of the Arctic Ocean</Description>
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      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/g02164.html</URL>
    <Description>Daily Precipitation Sums at Coastal and Island Russian Arctic Stations, 1940-1990</Description>
  </Related_URL>
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      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/G01962.html</URL>
    <Description>Environmental Working Group: Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas</Description>
  </Related_URL>
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      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/g02141.html</URL>
    <Description>Meteorological Data from the Russian Arctic, 1961-2000</Description>
  </Related_URL>
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    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/g02170.html</URL>
    <Description>Monthly Mean Precipitation Sums at Russian Arctic Stations, 1966-1990</Description>
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    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/noaa/ewg/index.html</URL>
    <Description>The Environmental Working Group Arctic Atlases on CD-ROM Overview</Description>
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  <DIF_Revision_History> Fixing citation. No QC needed.</DIF_Revision_History>
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