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  <Entry_ID>ARCSS020</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Land-Cover Map of the North Slope of Alaska</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Steven V. Muller and Donald A. Walker</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Land-Cover Map of the North Slope of Alaska</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>1999-01-01</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Online_Resource>http://nsidc.org/data/arcss020.html</Online_Resource>
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  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Donald (Skip)</First_Name>
    <Middle_Name>A.</Middle_Name>
    <Last_Name>Walker</Last_Name>
    <Email>ffdaw@uaf.edu</Email>
    <Phone>1 907 474-2460 </Phone>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>University of Alaska at Fairbanks</Address>
      <Address>Institute of Arctic Biology</Address>
      <Address>Institute of Arctic Biology</Address>
      <Address>University of Alaska Fairbanks</Address>
      <City>Fairbanks</City>
      <Province_or_State>AK</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>99775-6780</Postal_Code>
      <Country>USA</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Steven</First_Name>
    <Middle_Name>V.</Middle_Name>
    <Last_Name>Muller</Last_Name>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>Tundra Ecosystem Analysis and Mapping Laboratory
</Address>
      <Address>Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
</Address>
      <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
      <City>Boulder</City>
      <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>80309-0450</Postal_Code>
    </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>Biosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Terrestrial Ecosystems</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Alpine/Tundra</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Biosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Terrestrial Ecosystems</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Shrubland/Scrub</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Biosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Terrestrial Ecosystems</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Wetlands</Variable_Level_1>
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  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Biosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Vegetation</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Vegetation Cover</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Land Surface</Topic>
    <Term>Land Use/Land Cover</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Land Cover</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Keyword>ADCC</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Arc/INFO</Keyword>
  <Keyword>ARCSS020</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center</Keyword>
  <Keyword>GIS</Keyword>
  <Keyword>National Science Foundation</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSF</Keyword>
  <Keyword>NSIDC</Keyword>
  <Keyword>OPP9415554</Keyword>
  <Keyword>OPP-9415554</Keyword>
  <Source_Name>
    <Short_Name>MAPS</Short_Name>
  </Source_Name>
  <Data_Set_Progress>complete</Data_Set_Progress>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>68</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>68</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>-149</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>-149</Easternmost_Longitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>CONTINENT</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>NORTH AMERICA</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</Location_Subregion1>
    <Detailed_Location>ALASKA</Detailed_Location>
  </Location>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>ARCTIC</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>POLAR</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Project>
    <Short_Name>ARCSS/LAII/FLUX</Short_Name>
    <Long_Name>Arctic System Science/Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interaction/fluxes</Long_Name>
  </Project>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
  <Originating_Center>ARCSS/ADCC</Originating_Center>
  <Data_Center>
    <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>
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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>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_ARCSS</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org/arcss/</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC ARCSS</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>
  <Distribution>
    <Distribution_Media>FTP</Distribution_Media>
  </Distribution>
  <Summary>This ARC/INFO map provides a spatially explicit representation of the nature and distribution of land cover and tundra types on the North Slope of Alaska. This was done in support of extrapolating ecosystem models developed in the Kuparuk to the North Slope.</Summary>
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    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/</URL>
    <Description>Alaska Geobotany Center</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/docs/arcss/arcss020/render020.html</URL>
    <Description>Sample Data Rendering</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/arcss020.html</URL>
    <Description>access to data and documentation</Description>
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  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/gis/</URL>
    <Description>GIS Data and Resources at NSIDC</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <Related_URL>
    <URL_Content_Type>
      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
    </URL_Content_Type>
    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/arcss017.html</URL>
    <Description>GIS Data from the Alaska North Slope</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <IDN_Node>
    <Short_Name>USA/NOAA</Short_Name>
  </IDN_Node>
  <Metadata_Name>CEOS IDN DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>9.7</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>1999-01-01</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2012-09-13</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
  <DIF_Revision_History>Updated originating data center.</DIF_Revision_History>
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