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  <Entry_ID>IRPAR2</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>IceBridge PARIS L2 Ice Thickness</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Raney, Keith</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>IceBridge PARIS L2 Ice Thickness</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2010-06-28</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC DAAC: NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Online_Resource>http://nsidc.org/data/irpar2.html</Online_Resource>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Matthew</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Linkswiler</Last_Name>
    <Email>matthew.a.linkswiler@nasa.gov</Email>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</Address>
      <Address>Wallops Flight Facility</Address>
      <Address>Wallops Flight Facility</Address>
      <City>Wallops Island</City>
      <Province_or_State>Virginia</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>23337-5099</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Keith</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Raney</Last_Name>
    <Email>keith.raney@jhuapl.edu</Email>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>Johns Hopkins University</Address>
      <Address>Applied Physics Laboratory</Address>
      <Address>11100 Johns Hopkins Road</Address>
      <City>Laurel</City>
      <Province_or_State>Maryland</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>20723</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <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>
    <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>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Sea Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Ice Depth/Thickness</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Ice Depth/Thickness</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <ISO_Topic_Category>Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere</ISO_Topic_Category>
  <Keyword>IceBridge</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Ice Thickness</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NASA</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSIDC</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSIDC DAAC</Keyword>
  <Sensor_Name>
    <Short_Name>RADAR ECHO SOUNDERS</Short_Name>
  </Sensor_Name>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>AIRCRAFT</Short_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Temporal_Coverage>
    <Start_Date>2009-04-01</Start_Date>
    <Stop_Date>2009-05-02</Stop_Date>
  </Temporal_Coverage>
  <Data_Set_Progress>complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>60</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>84</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-73</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-11</Easternmost_Longitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>CONTINENT</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>NORTH AMERICA</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>GREENLAND</Location_Subregion1>
  </Location>
  <Project>
    <Short_Name>OIB</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Operation Ice Bridge</Long_Name>
  </Project>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
  <Originating_Center>NASA/GSFC/WFF/OSB</Originating_Center>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_DAAC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <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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    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <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>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_ICEBRIDGE</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>Operation IceBridge</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>FTP</Distribution_Media>
    <Distribution_Size>12 MB</Distribution_Size>
    <Distribution_Format>ASCII Text</Distribution_Format>
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  <Reference>Refer to the NASA Earth Science Project Office Operation IceBridge Home Page for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the IceBridge project: http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/</Reference>
  <Summary>The NASA IceBridge PARIS Level-2 Ice Thickness (IRPAR2) data set contains Greenland ice thickness measurements acquired using the Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder (PARIS). The data files are in ASCII text format and contain fields for latitude, longitude, time, ice thickness, aircraft altitude, and confidence of thickness measurement.   The data were collected as part of Operation IceBridge funded campaigns, and are available via FTP for ten days spanning 01 April 2009 to 02 May 2009.</Summary>
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      <Type>VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://www.espo.nasa.gov/oib/docs/instruments/paris.pdf</URL>
    <Description>NASA Pathfinder Advanced Radar Ice Sounder Web page</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/icebridge/index.html</URL>
    <Description>IceBridge Product Web Site</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <Metadata_Name>CEOS IDN DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>9.7</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2010-06-28</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2012-09-27</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
  <DIF_Revision_History>Revised See Also Sub Type</DIF_Revision_History>
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