Arctic EASE-Grid Freeze and Thaw Depths, 1901 - 2002  View Catalog Page
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eng; usa
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Arctic EASE-Grid Freeze and Thaw Depths, 1901 - 2002
Contact:
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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
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-22
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/ggd651.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Arctic EASE-Grid Freeze and Thaw Depths, 1901 - 2002
Date:
Date: 2006
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2006-01-31
Identifier: GGD651
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 FGDC User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC Frozen Ground 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
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Website: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
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Abstract:
This data set contains mean, median, minimum and maximum freeze and thaw depths for each year from 1901 to 2002 on the 25 km resolution Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) for areas north of 50 deg. Freeze and thaw depths are estimated using a variant of the Stefan solution using an edaphic factor and freezing or thawing indices as inputs. The edaphic factor is estimated based on different land surface types; the freezing and thawing indices are from Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid annual freezing and thawing indices, 1901 - 2002 (Zhang, et al. 2005).
Two ASCII files are available for each year for freeze depth and thaw depth, respectively. Each file is approximately 25.6 MB in size. In addition, there is one 10.5 MB ASCII file defining the latitude and longitude coordinates for each grid point. The data set is available via FTP as three compressed files.
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.
Zhang, T., J. McCreight, and R.G. Barry. 2006. Arctic EASE-Grid Freeze and Thaw Depths, 1901 - 2002. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Tingjun Z Zhang
Organization Name: University of Colorado
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Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: UCB449
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: Colorado
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: R. G. Barry
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Delivery Point: 449 UCB
City: Boulder
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Country: USA
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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
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Contact:
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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 Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Geographic Region > Arctic
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Title: NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
Date:
Date: 2008-02-05
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Keywords
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Active Layer > Freeze/Thaw Depth
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Date:
Date: 2008-01-24
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Keywords
Keyword: edaphic factor
Keyword: Freeze depth
Keyword: Freezing Degree Days
Keyword: Freezing Index
Keyword: Seasonal Thaw Layer
Keyword: Stefan solution
Keyword: Thaw Depth
Keyword: Thaw Depth Measurements
Keyword: Thaw Depths
Keyword: Thawing Degree-day
Keyword: Thawing Degree Days
Keyword: Thawing Index
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eng; usa
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Extent Information:
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Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -180
Eastbound Longitude: 180
Southbound Latitude: 50
Northbound Latitude: 90
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19010101
End Position: 20021231
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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 FGDC User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC Frozen Ground 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/fgdc/
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: ASCII Text
Specification: FTP 479.4 MB
Digital Transfer Options:
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Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/fgdc/ggd651_frzthw_depth_efact/
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Density: 479.4
Density Units: B
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