Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations  View Catalog Page
Metadata Entity Set Information:
Language:
eng; usa
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Hierarchy Level Name:
Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: William L Chapman
Organization Name: University of Illinois
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Department of Atmospheric Sciences
City: Urbana
Administrative Area: IL
Postal Code: 61801
Country: USA
Email: chapman@faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-25
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/g00799.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations
Date:
Date: 1991
Date Type:
Value: publication
CodeList: CI_DateTypeCode
Edition Date: 1991-01-01
Identifier: G00799
Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5057CVT
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Abstract:
Monthly sea ice concentration for Arctic (1901 to 1995) and Southern oceans (1973 to 1990) were digitized on a standard 1-degree grid (cylindrical projection) to provide a relatively uniform set of sea ice extent for all longitudes, as a basis for hemispheric scale studies of observed sea ice fluctuations (Walsh 1978). The Arctic grid covers the Arctic Ocean and portions of peripheral seas where sea ice occurs during all or part of the year. The Southern Ocean grid extends to approximately 50 degrees south latitude. Potential uses of this data set include statistical analysis of anomalies in different regions, computing regional and hemispheric trends, and modeling the high latitude surface energy budget. Data sources are U.S. Fleet Weather Facility, U.S. Navy National Ice Center (formerly Navy/NOAA Joint Ice Center), U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Canadian Department of Transport, British Meteorological Office, Danish Meteorological Institute, Norwegian Polar Institute, and Icelandic ice summaries.
Data are available via ftp. Software to select and print grids by date is also available.
Purpose:
Scientific Research
Credit:
The following example shows how to cite the use of this data set in a publication. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.
Chapman, W. L. and J. E. Walsh. 1991, updated 1996. Arctic and Southern Ocean Sea Ice Concentrations. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5057CVT.
Status:
Value: complete
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: John E Walsh
Organization Name: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 217 333-7521 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: University of Illinois
City: Urbana
Administrative Area: IL
Postal Code: 61801
Country: USA
Email: walsh@wx.atmos.uiuc.edu
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: P. M. Kelly
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 44 (0) 1603 56161
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Climatic Research Unit
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: William L Chapman
Organization Name: University of Illinois
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Department of Atmospheric Sciences
City: Urbana
Administrative Area: IL
Postal Code: 61801
Country: USA
Email: chapman@faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Maintenance Information:
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
Value: asNeeded
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Update Scope:
Value: dataset
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Value: series
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Value: attribute
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Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: William L Chapman
Organization Name: University of Illinois
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Department of Atmospheric Sciences
City: Urbana
Administrative Area: IL
Postal Code: 61801
Country: USA
Email: chapman@faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: pointOfContact
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Geographic Region > Polar
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Barents Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Chukchi Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Atlantic Ocean
Keyword: Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Greenland Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Bering Sea
Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Gulf Of Alaska
Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Sea Of Japan
Keyword: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Sea Of Okhotsk
Keyword: Ocean > Southern Ocean > Amundsen Sea
Keyword Type:
Value: place
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Extent
Keyword Type:
Value: discipline
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: CGC > NOAA Climate and Global Change Program
Keyword: ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program
Keyword Type:
Value: theme
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Keyword Thesaurus: Citation Information:
Title: NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-01-24
Date Type:
Value: revision
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Keywords
Keyword: Antarctic
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: Global Change
Keyword: Gridded Data
Keyword: Ice Concentration
Keyword: Model Input Data
Keyword Type:
Value: theme
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Dataset Constraints:
Legal Constraints:
Access Constraints:
Value: otherRestrictions
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Use Constraints:
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Other Constraints:
Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
Language:
eng; usa
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Topic Category:
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Topic Category:
Value: oceans
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: -90
Northbound Latitude: 90
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19530101
End Position: 19950831
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC NOAA User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Specification: FTP
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/NOAA/G00799/
Description: Data Access URL
Function:
Value: download
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g00799_arctic_southern_sea_ice/index.html
Description: Documentation URL
Function:
Value: information
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Offline Transfer Options:
Offline Resources:
Name:
Value: onLine
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Medium Name: FTP
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