Arctic Global Radiation (AGR) Data Set

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Entry ID

ARCSS066

Summary

Radiation data were compiled and computed from many sources in the Arctic to produce a two-part Arctic Global Radiation (AGR) data set. The first part includes a time series of monthly fluxes from land stations, ocean drifting stations and empirically derived long-term climatological estimates from earlier Russian studies. While many of the station time series are quite short, some span over 40 years. Data are provided for the region north of 60 degrees N.

The second part is a long-term monthly mean gridded climatology for the region north of 65 degrees N, based on the AGR-1 data set.

For the most comprehensive information on this data set, read the extensive documentation.

Geographic Coverage

 

Spatial Coordinates:
N: 90°     S: 65°     E: 180°     W: -180°    

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Jason Box, Jeffrey R. Key, James A. Maslanik, and Mark C. Serreze
Dataset Title: Arctic Global Radiation (AGR) Data Set
Dataset Release Date: 1998-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss066.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01
Stop Date: 1991-12-31

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: monthly

Location Keywords

  • Geographic Region Arctic
  • Geographic Region Polar

Science Keywords

  • Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Heat Flux
  • Oceans Ocean Heat Budget Longwave Radiation
  • Oceans Ocean Heat Budget Shortwave Radiation

Ancillary Keywords

  • ADCC
  • Alaska
  • ARCSS066
  • Arctic
  • Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
  • Atmosphere
  • Canada
  • Climatology
  • Flux
  • NASA grant NAGW-2407
  • NASA grant NAGW2407
  • National Science Foundation
  • NSF
  • NSIDC
  • Ocean Drifting Station
  • OPP-9321547
  • OPP-9504201
  • OPP-9614297
  • OPP9321547
  • OPP9504201
  • OPP9614297
  • Radiation
  • Russia

Platform

  • GROUND STATIONS
  • OCEAN PLATFORMS
  • OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS

Project

  • ARCSS/OAII/SHEBA Arctic System Science/OAII/Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

ADCC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: ARCSS066

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

NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Set ID: ARCSS066

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC ARCSS 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

Personnel

Jeffrey Key
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin at Madison
1225 W. Dayton St.
City: Madison
Province or State: WI
Postal Code: 53706

MARK C. SERREZE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (303) 492-6199
Fax: (303) 492-2468
Email: serreze@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

JASON BOX
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +1 (303) 492-6881
Fax: +1 (303) 492-5070
Email: box@seaice.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
CIRES, Campus Box 216
University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309

JIM MASLANIK
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (303) 492-6199
Fax: (303) 492-2468
Email: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
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
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

Related URL

ftp://adcc.colorado.edu/pub/projects/arcss066/
data ftp site

http://nsidc.org/data/arcss066.html
access to data and documentation

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2002-07-18

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