Entry_ID: ARCSS128
Entry_Title: North Pole Environmental Observatory PMEL/CRREL 2000-2003 Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data
Group: 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
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: James
   Middle_Name: H.
   Last_Name: Morison
   Email: morison@apl.washington.edu
   Phone: 1 206 543-1394 
   Fax: 1 206  616-3142 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
      Address: Polar Science Center
      Address: Applied Physics Laboratory
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: 1013 NE 40th Street
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98105
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Knut
   Last_Name: Aagaard
   Email: aagaard@apl.washington.edu
   Phone: 1 206 543-8942 
   Fax: 1 206  543-3521 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: Applied Physics Laboratory, Polar Science Center
      Address: 1013 NE 40th Street
      Address: Box 355640
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98105-6698
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Richard
   Last_Name: Moritz
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: Applied Physics Laboratory
      Province_or_State: WA
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Miles
   Last_Name: McPhee
   Email: miles@wolfenet.com
   Phone: 1 509 658-2575 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: McPhee Research Company
      City: Naches
      Province_or_State: WA
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Andreas
   Last_Name: Heiberg
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: Applied Physics Laboratory
      Province_or_State: WA
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Michael
   Last_Name: Steele
   Email: mas@apl.washington.edu
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: Applied Physics Laboratory
      Address: Polar Science Center/APL/UW
      Address: 1013 NE 40th
      Address: Seattle, WA USA 98105-6698
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: James
   Middle_Name: E.
   Last_Name: Overland
   Email: James.E.Overland@noaa.gov
   Phone: 1 206 526-6795 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: NOAA
      Address: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
      Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98115-6349
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Sigrid
   Last_Name: Salo
   Email: sigrid.a.salo@noaa.gov
   Phone: 1 206 526-6802 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: NOAA
      Address: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
      Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98115-6349
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Don
   Last_Name: Perovich
   Email: Donald.K.Perovich@erdc.usace.army.mil
   Phone: 1 603 646-4255 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
      Address: 72 Lyme Rd.
      City: Hanover
      Province_or_State: NH
      Postal_Code: 03755-1290
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Jacqueline
   Last_Name: Richter-Menge
   Email: Jaqueline.A.Richter-Menge@erdc.usaec.army.mil
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
      Address: 72 Lyme Rd.
      City: Hanover
      Province_or_State: NH
      Postal_Code: 03755-1290
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Bruce
   Last_Name: Elder
   Email: Bruce.C.Elder@erdc.usace.army.mil
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
      Address: 72 Lyme Rd.
      City: Hanover
      Province_or_State: NH
      Postal_Code: 03755-1290
      Country: USA
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Roger
   Last_Name: Andersen
   Email: roger@apl.washington.edu
   Phone: 1 206 543-1258 
   Fax: 1 206  616-3142 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
      Address: Polar Science Center
      Address: Applied Physics Laboratory
      Address: University of Washington
      Address: 1013 NE 40th
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98105-6698
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: NSIDC
   Last_Name: User Services
   Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
   Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
   Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
      Country: USA
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Sea Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Sea Ice
   Variable_Level_1: Ice Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Glaciers/Ice Sheets
   Variable_Level_1: Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
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ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
ISO_Topic_Category: Oceans
Keyword: ARCSS128
Keyword: ARCSS Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Keyword: ARGOS
Keyword: Buoy Data
Keyword: Drifting Buoys
Keyword: Ice Buoy
Keyword: Mass Balance
Keyword: North Pole
Keyword: North Pole Environmental Observatory
Keyword: NPEO
Keyword: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
Keyword: OPP 9910305
Sensor_Name: ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS
Sensor_Name: ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
Sensor_Name: DRIFTING BUOYS
Sensor_Name: THERMISTORS
Source_Name: BUOYS
Source_Name: OBSERVATORIES
Source_Name: OCEAN PLATFORMS
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 2000-04-20
   Stop_Date: 2003-02-28
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 71.026
   Northernmost_Latitude: 89.689
   Westernmost_Longitude: -169.041
   Easternmost_Longitude: 87.6176
   Minimum_Depth: 70 centimeters
   Maximum_Depth: 370 centimeters
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: ARCTIC
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: OCEAN
   Location_Type: ARCTIC OCEAN
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Project: ARCSS/NPEO > Arctic System Science/North Pole Environmental Observatory
Group: 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.

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Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: NSIDC_ARCSS
Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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   End_Group
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Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_ARCSS > NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC ARCSS
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 170 KB
   Distribution_Format: ASCII Text
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Group: 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.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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   URL: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/
   Description: North Pole Environmental Observatory
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss/arcss088.html
   Description: NPEO Aerial CTD Survey
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss126.html
   Description: J-CAD Drifting Buoy Data, Arctic Ocean, 2000-2002
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss126.html
   Description: JCAD Drifting Buoy Data, Arctic Ocean, 2000-2002
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss088.html
   Description: North Pole Environmental Observatory Aerial CTD Survey
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Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2006-07-05
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-08-21
DIF_Revision_History: corrected dist. size