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Canadian Rivers Data Set

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Entry ID

ARCSS019

Summary

This data set contains daily river discharge rates for 20 rivers, and depth for one river, in Arctic Canada between 1943 and 1989. The data were obtained from Environment Canada, Water Resources Branch.

Geographic Coverage

 

Spatial Coordinates:
N: 90°     S: 55°     E: -52°     W: -145°    

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Esther Munoz
Dataset Title: Canadian Rivers Data Set
Dataset Release Date: 1999-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss019.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1943-05-01
Stop Date: 1989-12-31

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: 1 day

Location Keywords

  • CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA CANADA AKIAVIK
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR

Science Keywords

  • Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Discharge/Flow
  • Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Rivers/Streams
  • Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Water Depth

Ancillary Keywords

  • Akiavik
  • Anderson River
  • ARCSS
  • ARCSS019
  • Arctic
  • Arctic Red River
  • Babbage River
  • Big River
  • Bosworth Creek
  • Burnside River
  • Cambridge Bay
  • Canada
  • Caribou Creek
  • Carnwath River
  • Copper Creek
  • Coppermine River
  • Demster Hwy
  • Discharge
  • EC
  • Egg River
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Environment Canada
  • Firth River
  • Flow
  • Freshwater Creek
  • Ft. McPherson
  • Gauge
  • Gordon River
  • Hans Creek
  • Hydrology
  • Hydrometeorology
  • Hydrosphere
  • Inman River
  • Inuvik
  • Mackenzie River
  • MONITORING TECHNIQUES
  • Norman Wells
  • NSIDC
  • Peel River
  • Rengleng River
  • River Basin
  • Rivers
  • Streams
  • Surface Water
  • Trail Valley Creek
  • Tree River
  • Water Depth

Platform

  • FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
  • GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
  • GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

  • STREAM GAUGES
  • WATER LEVEL GAUGES

Data Set Progress

complete

Originating Center

CA/EC/WATER

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact 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

NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact 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

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Format: ASCII Text

Personnel

Esther Munoz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • School of Oceanography

City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98195

NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact 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

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Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-18

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