Entry_ID: ARCSS181
Entry_Title: Gridded AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data for Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE)
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: J. Maslanik
   Dataset_Title: Gridded AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data for Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE)
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2007-06-27
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss181.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Jim
   Last_Name: Maslanik
   Email: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu
   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
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Sheldon
   Last_Name: Drobot
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
      Address: Department of Aerospace Engineering
      Address: 431 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0431
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Amanda
   Last_Name: Lynch
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: CIRES/Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
      Address: University of Colorado
      Address: 216 UCB
      Address: Boulder, CO USA 80309-0216
      Postal_Code: 80309
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Wu
   Last_Name: Wanli
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Monash University
      City: Melbourne
      Country: Australia
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Ute
   Middle_Name: Christina
   Last_Name: Herzfeld
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Geomathematik, Fachereich Geographie/Geowissenschaften,
      Address: Universitaet Trier,
      Address: Trier, Germany
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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: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Temperature
   Variable_Level_1: Skin Temperature
   Detailed_Variable: All-Sky
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ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Keyword: ARC 0095047
Keyword: ARCSS181
Keyword: ARCSS Data Coordination Center
Sensor_Name: AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Source_Name: NOAA-11 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
Source_Name: NOAA-14 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
Source_Name: NOAA-7 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
Source_Name: NOAA-9 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1990-01-01
   Stop_Date: 2001-12-31
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Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 55
   Northernmost_Latitude: 65
   Westernmost_Longitude: -160
   Easternmost_Longitude: -110
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: NORTH AMERICA
   Location_Subregion1: CANADA
   Detailed_Location: NORTHWEST CANADA
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: NORTH AMERICA
   Location_Subregion1: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
   Location_Subregion2: ALASKA
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: ARCTIC
   Detailed_Location: WESTERN ARCTIC
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
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Project: ARCSS > Arctic System Science
Group: Quality

   Data have better accuracy over oceans; some problems are readily apparent in 
   land surface areas owing to snow cover mask. Use land surface temperatures 
   with caution.

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Data_Set_Language: English
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
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Group: Reference

   Drobot, S.D., James A. Maslanik, W. Wu, U.C. Herzfeld, and C. Fowler. 2006. 
   Uncertainty in temperature and precipitation data sets over terrestrial 
   regions of the western Arctic. Submitted to Earth Interactions. 

   Fowler, C.J., J. Maslanik, T. Haran, T. Scambos, J. Key, and W. Emery. 2000, 
   updated 2002. AVHRR Polar Pathfinder twice-daily 5 km EASE-Grid composites. 
   Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. 

   Herzfeld, U.C., J. Maslanik, S. Drobot, and W. Wu. 2006. Temporal and spatial 
   variability of climate components in Alaska and northwestern Canada: analysis 
   and assessment using algebraic similarity mapping. Submitted to Earth 
   Interactions. 

   Wang, X., and J.R. Key. 2005. Arctic surface, cloud, and radiation properties 
   based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder dataset. Part I: Spatial and temporal 
   characteristics. J. Climate 18: 2558-2574. 

   Wu, W., A.H. Lynch, and A. Rivers. 2005. Estimating the uncertainty in a 
   regional climate model related to initial and lateral boundary conditions. J. 
   Climate 18: 917-933. doi:10.1175/JCLI-3293.1 

   Wu. W., S. Drobot, J. Maslanik, U.C. Herzfeld, and A. Lynch. 2006. An 
   integrated analysis of surface climate in the northern high latitudes with 
   modeling and observation. Submitted to Earth Interactions.

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Group: Summary

   This data set includes monthly all-sky skin temperature data for areas in 
   Alaska and northwestern Canada, between 55°N and 65°N, and 160W° and 110°W. 
   These AVHRR Polar Pathfinder data are projected on the 25 km EASE-Grid, 
   derived from the 5 km grid via subsampling. Data have better accuracy over 
   oceans; some problems are readily apparent in land surface areas owing to snow 
   cover mask. Data coverage is from 1990 through 2001. The data consist of X 
   binary file downloads, containing monthly gridded output in EASE-Grid format. 
   These data are archived at the Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE) Web 
   site.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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   URL: http://wale.unh.edu/
   Description: WALE Project Site
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Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2007-06-27
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-08-29
DIF_Revision_History: ARCSS brokered data set that was never published.