GGD618 Map of Natural (Landscape) and Permafrost Zones and the Net of Soil Temperature Meteorological Stations in Russia and Middle Asian Mountains Melnikov, E. and D.A. Gilichinsky Map of Natural (Landscape) and Permafrost Zones and the Net of Soil Temperature Meteorological Stations in Russia and Middle Asian Mountains 1999-01-01 Moscow, Russia Russian Academy of Sciences Earth Cryosphere Institute and Institute for Phytoch http://nsidc.org/data/ggd618.html Investigator David Gilichinsky gilichin@online.stack.net 7-096-7-732604 7-096-7-790532

Russian Academy of Sciences

Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science

Pushchino Moscow Region 124292 Russia EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Frozen Ground EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Frozen Ground Permafrost EARTH SCIENCE Cryosphere Snow/Ice Permafrost EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Frozen Ground EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Frozen Ground Permafrost EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Landscape EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Landscape Landscape Patterns EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Permafrost Thaw Depth EARTH SCIENCE Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Permafrost Maps 32 90 10 163 English NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center http://nsidc.org Data Center Contact NSIDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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University of Colorado

Boulder CO 80309-0449 USA NSIDC_FGDC NSIDC Frozen Ground Data Center http://nsidc.org/fgdc/ Data Center Contact NSIDC FGDC User Services nsidc@nsidc.org 1 303 492-6199 1 303 492-2468

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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University of Colorado

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This data set is a vector coverage of the Map of Natural Landscape and Permafrost Zones and the Net of Soil Temperature Meteorological Stations in Russia and Middle Asian Mountains (scale 1:4000000), published by the Russian Academy of Sciences Earth Cryosphere Institute and Institute for Phytochemical and Biological Problems in Earth Science The original map was compiled by E. Melnikov and D.A. Gilichinsky. The digital map was created in Geograph, which is a Geographic Information System developed by the GIS Research Center, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Data are available through FTP.

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