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  <Entry_ID>GGD614</Entry_ID>
  <Entry_Title>Permafrost of the Usa River Basin</Entry_Title>
  <Data_Set_Citation>
    <Dataset_Creator>Mazhitova, G. and N. Oberman</Dataset_Creator>
    <Dataset_Title>Permafrost of the Usa River Basin</Dataset_Title>
    <Dataset_Release_Date>2003-01-01</Dataset_Release_Date>
    <Dataset_Release_Place>Boulder, Colorado USA</Dataset_Release_Place>
    <Dataset_Publisher>NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center</Dataset_Publisher>
    <Online_Resource>http://nsidc.org/data/ggd614.html</Online_Resource>
  </Data_Set_Citation>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>G.G.</First_Name>
    <Last_Name>Mazhitova</Last_Name>
    <Email>biol@omkomi.intec.ru</Email>
    <Phone>8212-425115 </Phone>
    <Fax> 8212-420163 </Fax>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch</Address>
      <Address>Institute for Biology, Komi Scientific Center</Address>
      <Address>ul. Kommunisticheskaya, 28</Address>
      <City>Syktyvkar</City>
      <Province_or_State>Komi Republic</Province_or_State>
      <Postal_Code>167610</Postal_Code>
      <Country>Russia</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Personnel>
    <Role>Investigator</Role>
    <First_Name>Naum</First_Name>
    <Middle_Name>G.</Middle_Name>
    <Last_Name>Oberman</Last_Name>
    <Email>oberman@mireko.komisc.ru</Email>
    <Contact_Address>
      <Address>MIREKO State Company</Address>
      <City>Syktyvkar</City>
      <Country>Russia</Country>
    </Contact_Address>
  </Personnel>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Ground Ice</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Permafrost</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Soil Temperature</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Cryosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Permafrost</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Land Surface</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Ground Ice</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Land Surface</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Permafrost</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Land Surface</Topic>
    <Term>Frozen Ground</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Soil Temperature</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Land Surface</Topic>
    <Term>Soils</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Permafrost</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Parameters>
    <Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
    <Topic>Terrestrial Hydrosphere</Topic>
    <Term>Snow/Ice</Term>
    <Variable_Level_1>Permafrost</Variable_Level_1>
  </Parameters>
  <Keyword>Continuous Permafrost</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Discontinuous Permafrost</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Permafrost</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Permafrost Distribution</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Permafrost Extent</Keyword>
  <Keyword>Permafrost Temperature</Keyword>
  <Spatial_Coverage>
    <Southernmost_Latitude>65</Southernmost_Latitude>
    <Northernmost_Latitude>68</Northernmost_Latitude>
    <Westernmost_Longitude>56</Westernmost_Longitude>
    <Easternmost_Longitude>65</Easternmost_Longitude>
  </Spatial_Coverage>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>CONTINENT</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>EUROPE</Location_Type>
    <Location_Subregion1>EASTERN EUROPE</Location_Subregion1>
    <Location_Subregion2>RUSSIA</Location_Subregion2>
  </Location>
  <Location>
    <Location_Category>GEOGRAPHIC REGION</Location_Category>
    <Location_Type>POLAR</Location_Type>
  </Location>
  <Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Data_Center>
    <Data_Center_Name>
      <Short_Name>NSIDC_FGDC</Short_Name>
      <Long_Name>NSIDC Frozen Ground Data Center</Long_Name>
    </Data_Center_Name>
    <Data_Center_URL>http://nsidc.org/fgdc/</Data_Center_URL>
    <Personnel>
      <Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
      <First_Name>NSIDC FGDC</First_Name>
      <Last_Name>User Services</Last_Name>
      <Email>nsidc@nsidc.org</Email>
      <Phone>1 303 492-6199 </Phone>
      <Fax>1 303  492-2468 </Fax>
      <Contact_Address>
        <Address>National Snow and Ice Data Center</Address>
        <Address>CIRES, 449 UCB</Address>
        <Address>University of Colorado</Address>
        <City>Boulder</City>
        <Province_or_State>CO</Province_or_State>
        <Postal_Code>80309-0449</Postal_Code>
        <Country>USA</Country>
      </Contact_Address>
    </Personnel>
  </Data_Center>
  <Reference>N.G. Oberman &amp; G.G. Mazhitova. 2001. Permafrost dynamics in the north-east of European Russia at the end of the 20th century. Norwegian Journal of Geography, 55(4): 241-244. 

N.G. Oberman &amp; G.G. Mazhitova. Permafrost mapping of Northeast European Russia based on period of the climatic warming of 1970-1995. (Submitted to the Norwegian Journal of Geography).</Reference>
  <Summary>The map consists of ESRI Shapefiles of the Usa River basin, Russia, including Lek-Vorkuta and Bolshaya Rogovaya. There are four data layers in the data set: a base map layer, a permafrost layer, and two key (permafrost) areas. Each data layer comprises several sub-layers. The map is based on a UTM 41 projection with the WGS 1984 spheroid. Parameters include permafrost temperature and degree of continuity; permafrost temperature classes, lithology, and stratigraphy; thermokarst, pingos, mass ground ice, and topography, lakes, large rivers (in streams), rivers, and watershed boundary.  Data are available via ftp. </Summary>
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      <Type>VIEW RELATED INFORMATION</Type>
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    <URL>http://nsidc.org/data/gis/</URL>
    <Description>GIS Data and Resources at NSIDC</Description>
  </Related_URL>
  <Metadata_Name>CEOS IDN DIF</Metadata_Name>
  <Metadata_Version>9.7</Metadata_Version>
  <DIF_Creation_Date>2003-01-01</DIF_Creation_Date>
  <Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2012-08-30</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
  <DIF_Revision_History>added creator / pub info</DIF_Revision_History>
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