Entry_ID: ARCSS003
Entry_Title: Arctic Cyclone Track Data Set, 1966-1993
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Mark C. Serreze
   Dataset_Title: Arctic Cyclone Track Data Set, 1966-1993
   Dataset_Release_Date: 1996-01-01
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss003.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Mark
   Middle_Name: C.
   Last_Name: Serreze
   Email: serreze@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
   End_Group
End_Group
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: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Phenomena
   Variable_Level_1: Cyclones
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Phenomena
   Variable_Level_1: Storms
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Pressure
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Pressure
   Variable_Level_1: Anticyclones/Cyclones
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Pressure
   Variable_Level_1: Differential Pressure
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Pressure
   Variable_Level_1: Pressure Tendency
   Detailed_Variable: Sea Level Pressure Tendency
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Pressure
   Variable_Level_1: Sea Level Pressure
End_Group
Keyword: ADCC
Keyword: ARCSS003
Keyword: Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Atmospheric Pressure
Keyword: Cyclogenesis
Keyword: Cyclolysis
Keyword: Cyclones
Keyword: Laplacian Pressure
Keyword: National Science Foundation
Keyword: Northern Hemisphere
Keyword: NSF
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: OPP
Keyword: Sea Level Pressure
Keyword: Tropical Cyclones
Keyword: Tropical Storms
Sensor_Name: SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1966-05-01
   Stop_Date: 1993-12-31
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 60
   Northernmost_Latitude: 90
   Westernmost_Longitude: -180
   Easternmost_Longitude: 180
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: ARCTIC
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: POLAR
End_Group
Group: Data_Resolution
   Temporal_Resolution: 12:00:00
End_Group
Project: ARCSS/LAII > Arctic System Science/Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interaction
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_ARCSS > NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC ARCSS
      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: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
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Group: Reference

   Murray, R. J., and I. Simmonds. 1991. A numerical scheme for tracking cyclone 
   centers from digital data, Part I: Development and operation of the scheme. 
   Australian Met. Mag. 39(3): 155-66.

   Roebber, P. J. 1984. Statistical analysis and updated climatology of explosive 
   cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev. 112:
 1,577-89.

   Roebber, P. J. 1989. On the statistical analysis of cyclone
 deepening rates. 
   Mon. Wea. Rev. 117: 2,293-8.

   Sanders, F. and J. R. Gyakum. 1980. Synoptic-dynamic climatology of the bomb. 
   Mon. Wea. Rev. 108: 1,589-606.
  Serreze, M. C. 1995. Climatological aspects 
   of cyclone development and decay in the Arctic. Atmosphere Ocean 33(1): 1-23.

   Sinclair, M. R. 1995. An objective cyclone climatology for the Southern 
   Hemisphere. Mon. Wea. Rev. 122(10): 2,239-56.

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Group: Summary

   This data set comprises a 28-year record (1 May 1966 through 31 December 1993) 
   of twice-daily extra tropical cyclone statistics for the Northern Hemisphere. 
   Data were obtained from application of the updated Serreze (1995) algorithm to 
   National Meteorological Center (NMC) sea level pressure (SLP) fields for the 
   47x51 octagonal grid. The data set includes the position and central pressure 
   of each cyclone, whether the observation represents a cyclogenesis or 
   cyclolysis event (from the first and last observation of each system), and the 
   local Laplacian (105 mb m-2) and sea level pressure tendency (SLPT) (mb 
   (12h-1)) at each cyclone center.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
   End_Group
   URL: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/map/clim/storm.shtml
   Description: Recent Cyclone Track Data from the Climate Diagnostics Center
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss003.html
   Description: access to data and documentation
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IDN_Node: USA/NOAA
Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 1996-01-01
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2003-06-12
DIF_Revision_History: