North Pole Environmental Observatory PMEL/CRREL 2000-2003 Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data View Catalog Page 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
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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
- 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:
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
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE North Pole Environmental Observatory
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE NPEO Aerial CTD Survey
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION J-CAD Drifting Buoy Data, Arctic Ocean, 2000-2002
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION JCAD Drifting Buoy Data, Arctic Ocean, 2000-2002
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION North Pole Environmental Observatory Aerial CTD Survey
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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