Historical Arctic and Antarctic Surface Observational Data  View Catalog Page
Metadata Entity Set Information:
Language:
eng; usa
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Hierarchy Level:
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Hierarchy Level Name:
Historical Arctic and Antarctic Surface Observational Data
Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Julienne Stroeve
Organization Name: CIRES
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309
Country: USA
Email: stroeve@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Date Stamp:
2013-06-19
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
Metadata Standard Version:
ISO 19115:2003
Dataset URI:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0190.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Historical Arctic and Antarctic Surface Observational Data
Date:
Date: 2004
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2004-01-07
Identifier: NSIDC-0190
Cited Responsible Party: Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the 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/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
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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
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
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Abstract:
This product consists of meteorological data from 105 Arctic weather stations and 137 Antarctic stations, extracted from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)'s Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) database. Variables include wind direction, wind speed, visibility, air temperature, dew point temperature, and sea level pressure. Temporal coverage varies by station, with the earliest record in 1913 and the latest in 2002. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format, with one file per station and year. Graphs of meteorological variables throughout the time series accompany the ASCII data. Data are available via FTP.
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.
Julienne Stroeve and Christopher Shuman. 2004. Historical Arctic and Antarctic Surface Observational Data. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Status:
Value: complete
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Point of Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Julienne Stroeve
Organization Name: CIRES
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309
Country: USA
Email: stroeve@nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Responsible Party:
Individual Name: Christopher A. Shuman
Organization Name: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 301 614-5706
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Cryospheric Sciences Branch
City: Greenbelt
Administrative Area: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Email: Christopher.A.Shuman@nasa.gov
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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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: Julienne Stroeve
Organization Name: CIRES
Contact:
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309
Country: USA
Email: stroeve@nsidc.org
Contact Online Resources:
Website: http://nsidc.org
Contact Role:
Value: principalInvestigator
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Descriptive Keywords:
Keywords
Keyword: Continent > Antarctica
Keyword: Continent > North America > Greenland
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 > Atmosphere > Air Quality > Visibility
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Dew Point Temperature
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds
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: EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System
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: Air Temperature
Keyword: Antarctica
Keyword: Arctic
Keyword: Automated Weather Station Data
Keyword: Automated Weather Stations
Keyword: DAAC
Keyword: EOSDIS
Keyword: Greenland
Keyword: Near-surface Wind Speeds
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: NSIDC DAAC
Keyword: Sea Level Pressure
Keyword: Station Data
Keyword: Visibility
Keyword: Wind Direction
Keyword: Wind Speed
Keyword Type:
Value: theme
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Dataset Constraints:
Legal Constraints:
Access Constraints:
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Use Constraints:
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Other Constraints:
Access Constraints : none
Use Constraints : none
Language:
eng; usa
Character Set:
Value: UTF8
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Extent Information:
Spatial Temporal Extent:
Geographic Element:
Bounding Coordinates:
Westbound Longitude: -73.167
Eastbound Longitude: 178.72
Southbound Latitude: -90
Northbound Latitude: 83.633
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19130101
End Position: 20021231
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
Distributor Contact:
Responsible Party:
Individual Name: NSIDC DAAC User Services
Organization Name: NASA DAAC at the 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/daac/index.html
Contact Role:
Value: custodian
CodeList: CI_RoleCode
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
Distribution Format(s):
Data File Format:
Name: ASCII Text
Specification: FTP 1 - 1536 KB
Digital Transfer Options:
Online Transfer Options:
Online Resources:
Linkage: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/surface_obs/
Description: Data Access URL
Function:
Value: download
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Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0190_surface_obs.gd.html
Description: Documentation URL
Function:
Value: information
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Offline Transfer Options:
Offline Resources:
Name:
Value: onLine
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Density: 1
Density Units: KB
Medium Name: FTP
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: ARWS > Automatic Remote Weather Station
Description: satellite
Instrument:
Platform:
Name: ASOS > Automated Surface Observing System
Description: satellite
Instrument:
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