AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0429
Summary
Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited.
This data set contains snow pit data collected over sea ice in the Barrow, Alaska, USA area and nearby at the Navy Ice Camp in the main pack ice of the Arctic Ocean. Measurements were collected as part of the joint in situ and aircraft AMSRIce03 campaign from 03 March to 23 March 2003. Snow pit parameters include number of layers, average layer thickness, total thickness, Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), bulk density, hoar fraction, slab fraction, wet/icy fraction, new/recent fraction, and other fraction. Data are provided in a single American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file, and are available via FTP.
These data were collected as part of a validation study for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E). AMSR-E is a mission instrument launched aboard NASA's Aqua Satellite on 04 May 2002.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 71.28°
S: 71.18°
E: -156.15°
W: -156.4°
N: 72.95°
S: 72.9°
E: -147.5°
W: -147.65°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Sturm, Matthew, and Julienne C. Stroeve
Dataset Title: AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data
Dataset Release Date: 2009-10-22
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0429.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2003-03-03
Stop Date: 2003-03-23
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALASKA
- OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN BEAUFORT SEA
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Depth Hoar
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Stratigraphy
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Water Equivalent
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Depth Hoar
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Stratigraphy
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Water Equivalent
Ancillary Keywords
- AMSR-E
- AMSR-E Validation
- AMSRIce03
- Arctic Sea Ice
- DAAC
- Ice Thickness
- NSIDC
- NSIDC DAAC
- Sea Ice
- Snow
- Snow Cover On Sea Ice
- Snow Density
- Snow On Ice
- Snow Over Sea Ice
- Snow Pit
- Snow Pits
- Snow Stratigraphy
- Snow Water Equivalent
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instrument
- BALANCE
- CORING DEVICES
- SNOW DENSITY CUTTER
Project
- AMSRIce03 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Product Validation
Data Set Progress
complete
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC 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
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC 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 Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 3 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Matthew Sturm
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 907 353-5183
Fax: 1 907 353-5142
Email: msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil
Contact Address:
- USA-CRREL-Alaska
- P.O. Box 35170
City: Ft. Wainwright
Province or State: AK
Postal Code: 99703-0170
Julienne Stroeve
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: stroeve@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- CIRES
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
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
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSR-E Validation Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSRIce03 Data
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
AMSRIce03 Data
Reference
Refer to the AMSRIce03 Web site for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the AMSRIce03 project: http://polarbear.colorado.edu/AMSRICE/AMSRIce03.html.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2009-10-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-10-22
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