Entry_ID: ARCSS151
Entry_Title: SHEBA Upper Ocean CTD and Thermal Microstructure, Western Arctic Ocean
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Timothy Stanton
   Dataset_Title: SHEBA Upper Ocean CTD and Thermal Microstructure, Western Arctic Ocean
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2006-12-04
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss151.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Timothy
   Last_Name: Stanton
   Email: stanton@nps.edu
   Phone: 1 831 656-3144 
   Fax: 1 831  656-2712 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Naval Postgraduate School
      Address: Oceanography Department
      Address: 833 Dyer Road
      City: Monterey
      Province_or_State: CA
      Postal_Code: 93943
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: William
   Last_Name: Shaw
   Email: wjshaw@nps.edu
   Phone: 1 831 656-3270 
   Fax: 1 831  656-2712 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Naval Postgraduate School
      Address: Oceanography Department
      Address: 833 Dyer Road
      City: Monterey
      Province_or_State: CA
      Postal_Code: 93943
      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
   End_Group
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Circulation
   Variable_Level_1: Turbulence
   Detailed_Variable: Kinetic Energy
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Circulation
   Variable_Level_1: Turbulence
   Detailed_Variable: Thermal Variance
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Optics
   Variable_Level_1: Attenuation/Transmission
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Temperature
   Variable_Level_1: Water Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Salinity/Density
   Variable_Level_1: Conductivity
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Salinity/Density
   Variable_Level_1: Salinity
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Terrestrial Hydrosphere
   Term: Surface Water
   Variable_Level_1: Water Depth
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ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Keyword: ARCSS151
Keyword: ARCSS Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: Arctic Ocean
Keyword: Conductivity Temperature Depth Probes
Keyword: CTD probes
Keyword: Ocean Heat Flux
Keyword: Oceans
Keyword: Ocean Thermal Energy
Keyword: Ocean Water Conductivity Measurements
Keyword: Ocean Water Salinity
Keyword: Ocean Water Salinity Measurements
Keyword: Ocean Water Temperature
Keyword: Ocean Water Temperature Measurements
Keyword: OPP-0084296
Keyword: OPP-9701391
Keyword: SHEBA
Keyword: Water Depth
Sensor_Name: CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
Sensor_Name: THERMISTORS
Sensor_Name: TRANSMISSOMETERS
Source_Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Source_Name: OCEAN PLATFORMS
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1997-10-12
   Stop_Date: 1998-09-30
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 74.6
   Northernmost_Latitude: 80.3
   Westernmost_Longitude: -168
   Easternmost_Longitude: -143
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: OCEAN
   Location_Type: ARCTIC OCEAN
   Detailed_Location: WESTERN
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Project: ARCSS/OAII/SHEBA > Arctic System Science/OAII/Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: NSIDC_ARCSS
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: 533 MB
   Distribution_Format: ASCII Text
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Group: Reference

   Maykut, G. A., and M. G. McPhee. 1995. Solar heating of the Arctic mixed 
   layer. Journal of Geophysical Research 100, 24691- 24703.

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Group: Summary

   This data set includes conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) measurements 
   along with thermal microstructure data (such as, turbulent thermal variance, 
   turbulent kinetic energy, and vertical temperature gradient) collected from 12 
   October 1997 to 30 September 1998. The storage, redistribution, and ultimate 
   release of the energy contributed by incoming shortwave radiation has major 
   effects on the thickness and seasonal evolution of sea ice cover and the state 
   of the upper ocean. As part of the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic (SHEBA) 
   project, this research was designed to (1) investigate upper ocean processes 
   and their role in ice-albedo feedback, and (2) develop and test suitable 
   models or parameterizations for use in large-scale simulations.

   Data are in space-delimited ASCII text format and are available via FTP.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss200.html
   Description: SHEBA Reconnaissance Imagery
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
   End_Group
   URL: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss142.html
   Description: SHEBA Ocean Turbulence Mast Data Archive
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Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2006-12-04
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-06-04
DIF_Revision_History: corrected distribution size