Soil Temperatures at Climatological Stations in Centre d'Etudes Nordiques, Quebec, Canada View Catalog Page Entry ID
GGD361
Summary
This data set includes meteorological measurements from 32 climatological stations in Centre d'Etudes Nordiques, Quebec, Canada. The stations are in areas of frozen rock, permafrost mound, clayey mound, silty mound, tidal marsh, shore terrace, glacial till, permafrost plateau with snow patch, or under or near airport runways. Parameters include ground temperature, air temperature, relative humidity, and snow depth. Ground temperature was measured at 2 to 25 m below the surface at irregular intervals.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates: N: 62.233°
S: 55.6°
E: -65.967°
W: -78.2°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Mechel Allard and Denis Sarrazin Dataset Title: Soil Temperatures at Climatological Stations in Centre d'Etudes Nordiques, Quebec, Canada Dataset Release Date: 2003-05-06 Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ggd361.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1984-06-01
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA CANADA 34 SITES, THROUGHOUT NORTHERN QUEBEC, CANADA
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere
Atmospheric Temperature Surface Air Temperature
- Atmosphere
Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity
- Cryosphere
Frozen Ground Permafrost
- Cryosphere
Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Cryosphere
Snow/Ice Permafrost
- Cryosphere
Snow/Ice Snow Depth
- Land Surface
Frozen Ground Permafrost
- Land Surface
Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Land Surface
Soils Permafrost
- Land Surface
Soils Soil Temperature
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice Permafrost
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Snow/Ice Snow Depth
Ancillary Keywords
- Active Layer
- Cryostratigraphy
- Engineering
- Ground Ice
- Meteorology
- Monitoring
- Permafrost
- Snow
- Soil Temperature
- Thermokarst
Data Center
NSIDC Frozen Ground Data Center Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC 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 Format: Microsoft Excel
Personnel
Denis Sarrazin Role: DATA AUTHOR Phone: 1 418 656-4299 Fax: 1 418 656-2978 Email: denis.sarrazin@cen.ulaval.ca Contact Address:
- Universite Laval
- Centre d'Etudes Nordiques
- Pavillon Abitibi-Price, local 1230
City: Sainte Foy Province or State: Quebec Postal Code: G1K 7P4 Country: Canada
Michel Allard Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 1 418 656-3340 Fax: 1 418 656-2978 Email: michel.allard@cen.ulaval.ca Contact Address:
- Universite Laval
- Centre d'Etudes Nordiques
- Pavillon Abitibi-Price, local 1230
City: Sainte Foy Province or State: Quebec Postal Code: G1K 7P4 Country: Canada
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-06 Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-19
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