R-ArcticNet: A Regional, Electronic, Hydrographic Data Network for the Arctic Region  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS062
Summary
This comprehensive river discharge database covers the entire pan-Arctic drainage system. The collection comprises data from 9138 gauges and contains monthly river discharge data extending from the 1890s (for four Canadian and five Russian gauges) through the early 1990s, but the majority of data was collected between 1960 and 2001.
The pan-Arctic drainage region covers a land area of approximately 21 million km2 and drains into the Arctic Ocean as well as Hudson Bay, James Bay, and the Northern Bering Strait. The collection also includes the Yukon and Anadyr River basins. Most of the drainage basins in the database are greater than 15,000 km2; however, the collection includes all available gauge data from Canada and Russia. Data from gauges measuring large drainage areas are of greatest interest to the regional, continental, and global-scale scientific community for modeling purposes. Individual station data are accessible through a graphical interface, or as tab-delimited ASCII text. Tab-delimited ASCII data are also compiled by hydrological region and as a single file for the complete data set.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 85°
S: 50°
E: 180°
W: -180°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Lammers, R. B. and Shiklomanov, A. I., compilers
Dataset Title: R-ArcticNet: A Regional, Electronic, Hydrographic Data Network for the Arctic Region
Dataset Release Date: 2006-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss062.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1890-01-01
Stop Date: 2001-12-31
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
- OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN PAN-ARCTIC DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Science Keywords
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Ground Water Drainage
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Ground Water Ground Water Discharge/Flow
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Discharge/Flow
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Drainage
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Rivers/Streams
Ancillary Keywords
- ADCC
- ARCSS062
- Arctic
- Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
- Discharge
- Drainage
- Flow
- Ground Water
- Hydrology
- Hydrosphere
- National Science Foundation
- NSF
- NSIDC
- OPP-9524740
- OPP-9818199
- OPP-9910264
- Rivers
- Streams
- Surface Water
- Water
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- STREAM GAUGES
- VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
NSIDC_ARCSS
Data Center
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: Online (HTTP)
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Distribution Media: FTP
Personnel
Bruce J. Peterson
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 508 548-3705 x484
Fax: 1 508 457-1548
Email: peterson@lupine.mbl.edu
Email: bpeterson@lternet.edu
Contact Address:
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- Ecosystems Center
City: Woods Hole
Province or State: MA
Postal Code: 02543
Charles J. Vorosmarty
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 603 862-1792
Fax: 1 603 862-0188
Email: charles.vorosmarty@unh.edu
Contact Address:
- Complex Systems Research Center
- Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
- Morse Hall
- University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03824
Richard B. Lammers
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Water Systems Analysis Group,
- University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03824
Robert Max Holmes
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- Ecosystems Center
- 7 MBL Street
City: Woods Hole
Province or State: MA
Postal Code: 02543
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
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
R-ArcticNET: A Regional, Electronic, Hydrographic Data Network for the Arctic Region
Reference
Hendricks, E.L. 1964. Compilation of records of surface waters of Alaska, October 1950 to September 1960: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1740, 86 p.
Slack, J.R., Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr. 1993. HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076.
U.S. Geological Survey. 1971. Surface water supply of the United States 1961-65, Part 15. Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1936, 342 p.
U.S. Geological Survey. 1967-1996. Water resources data for Alaska, water years 1966-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report AK 66-1 to AK 95-1(published annually).
Wells, J.V.B., and Love, S.K. 1957. Compilation of records of surface waters of Alaska through September 1950: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1372, 262 p.
U.S. Geological Survey. 1967-1996. Water resources data for Alaska, water years 1966-1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Data Report AK 66-1 to AK 95-1 (published annually).
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-01-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-01-26
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