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North Pole Environmental Observatory PMEL/CRREL 2000-2003 Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data

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Entry ID

ARCSS128

Summary

This data set contains ice temperature and mass balance data from drifting ice buoys near the North Pole in the Central Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Buoys were deployed each April by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). The buoys drifted with the ice pack, and data were collected via satellite transmissions. Ice temperature data were collected year around during 2000-2003, at 10 cm depth intervals twice daily, every twelve hours.

The North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) is a year-round, automated scientific observatory, deploying various instruments each April in order to learn how the world's northernmost sea helps regulate global climate. It consists of a set of unmanned scientific platforms that record oceanographic, cryospheric, and atmospheric data throughout the year. More information about the project is available at the project Web site, North Pole Environmental Observatory (http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/).

Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format. Data are distributed as a 170 KB compressed file available via FTP.

Geographic Coverage

 

Spatial Coordinates:
N: 89.689°     S: 71.026°     E: 87.6176°     W: -169.041°     Min Depth: 70 centimeters     Max Depth: 370 centimeters

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Morison, J. H., K. Aagard, R. Moritz, A. Heiberg, M. Steele, M. McPhee, J. Overland, S. Salo, D. Perovich, J. Richter-Menge, B. Elder
Dataset Title: North Pole Environmental Observatory PMEL/CRREL 2000-2003 Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data
Dataset Release Date: 2006-07-05
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss128.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-04-20
Stop Date: 2003-02-28

Location Keywords

  • GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
  • OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

  • Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
  • Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Temperature
  • Oceans Sea Ice Ice Temperature
  • Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance

Ancillary Keywords

  • ARCSS128
  • ARCSS Data Coordination Center
  • Arctic
  • Arctic Ocean
  • ARGOS
  • Buoy Data
  • Drifting Buoys
  • Ice Buoy
  • Mass Balance
  • North Pole
  • North Pole Environmental Observatory
  • NPEO
  • NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
  • OPP 9910305

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

  • Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
  • Oceans

Platform

  • BUOYS
  • OBSERVATORIES
  • OCEAN PLATFORMS

Instrument

  • ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS
  • ARGOS ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
  • DRIFTING BUOYS
  • THERMISTORS

Project

  • ARCSS/NPEO Arctic System Science/North Pole Environmental Observatory

Quality

Missing data are indicated by '1.e35' in the data files. Data may be missing for an entire day, or for particular heights/depths.

In 2002, the GPS units in both ice buoys failed. The position file included for 2002 (NPEO2002_icebuoys.pos) is from the weather station buoy 22207, which was deployed on the same floe.

Data Set Progress

complete

Originating Center

NSIDC_ARCSS

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 Size: 170 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text

Personnel

James H. Morison
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 543-1394
Fax: 1 206 616-3142
Email: morison@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Polar Science Center
  • Applied Physics Laboratory
  • University of Washington
  • 1013 NE 40th Street

City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105

Knut Aagaard
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 543-8942
Fax: 1 206 543-3521
Email: aagaard@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • Applied Physics Laboratory, Polar Science Center
  • 1013 NE 40th Street
  • Box 355640

City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA

Richard Moritz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • Applied Physics Laboratory

Province or State: WA
Country: USA

Miles McPhee
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 509 658-2575
Email: miles@wolfenet.com
Contact Address:

  • McPhee Research Company

City: Naches
Province or State: WA
Country: USA

Andreas Heiberg
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • Applied Physics Laboratory

Province or State: WA
Country: USA

Michael Steele
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: mas@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Polar Science Center/APL/UW
  • 1013 NE 40th
  • Seattle, WA USA 98105-6698

James E. Overland
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 526-6795
Email: James.E.Overland@noaa.gov
Contact Address:

  • NOAA
  • Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
  • 7600 Sand Point Way NE

City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98115-6349
Country: USA

Sigrid Salo
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 526-6802
Email: sigrid.a.salo@noaa.gov
Contact Address:

  • NOAA
  • Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
  • 7600 Sand Point Way NE

City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98115-6349

Don Perovich
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 603 646-4255
Email: Donald.K.Perovich@erdc.usace.army.mil
Contact Address:

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
  • 72 Lyme Rd.

City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA

Jacqueline Richter-Menge
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: Jaqueline.A.Richter-Menge@erdc.usaec.army.mil
Contact Address:

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
  • 72 Lyme Rd.

City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA

Bruce Elder
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: Bruce.C.Elder@erdc.usace.army.mil
Contact Address:

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
  • 72 Lyme Rd.

City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA

Roger Andersen
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 543-1258
Fax: 1 206 616-3142
Email: roger@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:

  • University of Washington
  • Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Polar Science Center
  • Applied Physics Laboratory
  • University of Washington
  • 1013 NE 40th

City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA

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: 2006-07-05
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-21

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