Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997  View Catalog Page
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eng; usa
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Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-24
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/g02131.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997
Date:
Date: 2002
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2002-01-01
Identifier: G02131
Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5V985Z6
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Abstract:
This data set contains time series of monthly snow cover extent (SCE) for North America, Eurasia, and the Northern Hemisphere from 1915 to 1997, based on snow cover reconstruction and NOAA satellite data. The reconstruction method used in situ snow depth and daily climate data from the U.S.A., Canada, China, and the former Soviet Union to generate a monthly snow cover index, which was found to be closely related to satellite-derived estimates of SCE in certain months. Brown (2000) describes the method, which is considered to be more robust than SCE reconstruction based on statistical methods (see Brown, 1997; Frei et al., 1999).
In addition, the data set contains time series of annual variation in areally-averaged monthly snow depth and (SWE) for the North American grid domain used to derive the snow cover index. These provide additional insights into secular changes in snow cover over North America since SCE and depth variations are not always positively correlated.
Data are available via FTP.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Brown, R. D. 2002. Reconstructed North American, Eurasian, and Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent, 1915-1997. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5V985Z6.
Status:
Value: complete
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Ross D. Brown
Organization Name: Environment Canada @ Ouranos
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 514 282-6464 x335
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: 550 Sherbrooke St. West, 19th Floor
City: Montréal
Administrative Area: QC
Postal Code: H3A 1B9
Country: Canada
Email: ross.brown@ec.gc.ca
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Ross D. Brown
Organization Name: Environment Canada @ Ouranos
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 514 282-6464 x335
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: 550 Sherbrooke St. West, 19th Floor
City: Montréal
Administrative Area: QC
Postal Code: H3A 1B9
Country: Canada
Email: ross.brown@ec.gc.ca
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Maintenance Information:
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
Value: asNeeded
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Update Scope:
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Value: series
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Value: attribute
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Continent > North America
Keyword: Geographic Region > Eurasia
Keyword: Geographic Region > Northern Hemisphere
Keyword Type:
Value: place
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover > Snow Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover > Snow Extent
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Date:
Date: 2008-01-24
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Keywords
Keyword: areally-weighted mean snow depth
Keyword: HDCD
Keyword: Historical Daily Climate Dataset
Keyword: linear regression analysis
Keyword: mean snow depth
Keyword: North American mid-latitudes
Keyword: reconstructed
Keyword: SCE
Keyword: Snow
Keyword: Snow Cover
Keyword: snow cover extent
Keyword: Snow Depth
Keyword: Snow Extent
Keyword: Snow Water Equivalent
Keyword: SWE
Keyword Type:
Value: theme
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Dataset Constraints:
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Other Constraints:
Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
Language:
eng; usa
Character Set:
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Topic Category:
Value: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: -90
Northbound Latitude: 90
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19150101
End Position: 19971231
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: ASCII Text
Specification: FTP 18 KB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02131
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g02131_brown_snow_cover/index.html
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Density: 18
Density Units: B
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: VHRR > Very High Resolution Radiometer
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: GROUND STATIONS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: NOAA-4 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-4
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: SATELLITES
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
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