North Pole Environmental Observatory PMEL/CRREL 2000-2003 Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS128
Summary
This data set contains ice temperature and mass balance data from drifting ice buoys near the North Pole in the Central Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Buoys were deployed each April by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). The buoys drifted with the ice pack, and data were collected via satellite transmissions. Ice temperature data were collected year around during 2000-2003, at 10 cm depth intervals twice daily, every twelve hours.
The North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) is a year-round, automated scientific observatory, deploying various instruments each April in order to learn how the world's northernmost sea helps regulate global climate. It consists of a set of unmanned scientific platforms that record oceanographic, cryospheric, and atmospheric data throughout the year. More information about the project is available at the project Web site, North Pole Environmental Observatory (http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/).
Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format. Data are distributed as a 170 KB compressed file available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 89.689°
S: 71.026°
E: 87.6176°
W: -169.041°
Min Depth: 70 cm
Max Depth: 370 cm
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: J. H. Morison, K. Aagard, R. Moritz, A. Heiberg, M. Steele, M. McPhee, J. Overland, S. Salo, D. Perovich, J. Richter-Menge, B. Elder
Dataset Title: North Pole Environmental Observatory PMEL/CRREL 2000-2003 Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data
Dataset Release Date: 2006-07-05
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO, USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: Digital Media
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss128.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-04-20
Stop Date: 2003-02-28
Location Keywords
- Geographic Region Arctic
- Ocean Arctic Ocean
Science Keywords
- Cryosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
- Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Temperature
- Oceans Sea Ice Ice Temperature
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Glaciers/Ice Sheets Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
Ancillary Keywords
- ARCSS Data Coordination Center
- ARCSS128
- Arctic
- Arctic Ocean
- ARGOS
- Buoy Data
- Drifting Buoys
- Ice Buoy
- Mass Balance
- North Pole
- North Pole Environmental Observatory
- NPEO
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- OPP 9910305
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
- Oceans
Platform
- BUOYS
- OBSERVATORIES
- OCEAN PLATFORMS
Instrument
- ACOUSTIC SOUNDERS
- ARGOS ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
- DRIFTING BUOYS
- THERMISTORS
Project
- ARCSS/NPEO Arctic System Science/North Pole Environmental Observatory
Quality
Missing data are indicated by '1.e35' in the data files. Data may be missing for an entire day, or for particular heights/depths.
In 2002, the GPS units in both ice buoys failed. The position file included for 2002 (NPEO2002_icebuoys.pos) is from the weather station buoy 22207, which was deployed on the same floe.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NSIDC_ARCSS
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: arcss128
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: arcss128
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
Distribution Size: 170 KB compressed
Distribution Format: ASCII text
Fees: none
Personnel
James H. Morison
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: +1 (206) 543-1394
Fax: 1+206-616-3142
Email: morison@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Polar Science Center
Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
1013 NE 40th Street
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105
Knut Aagaard
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: (206) 543-8942
Fax: (206) 543-3521
Email: aagaard@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
1013 NE 40th Street
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA
Richard Moritz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Province or State: WA
Country: USA
Miles McPhee
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 509-658-2575
Email: miles@wolfenet.com
Contact Address:
City: Naches
Province or State: WA
Country: USA
Andreas Heiberg
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Province or State: WA
Country: USA
Michael Steele
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: mas@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Polar Science Center/APL/UW
1013 NE 40th
Seattle, WA USA 98105-6698
James E. Overland
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 206-526-6795
Email: James.E.Overland@noaa.gov
Contact Address:
7600 Sand Point Way NE
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98115-6349
Country: USA
Sigrid Salo
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 206-526-6802
Email: sigrid.a.salo@noaa.gov
Contact Address:
7600 Sand Point Way NE
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98115-6349
Don Perovich
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 603-646-4255
Email: Donald.K.Perovich@erdc.usace.army.mil
Contact Address:
72 Lyme Rd.
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA
Jacqueline Richter-Menge
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: Jaqueline.A.Richter-Menge@erdc.usaec.army.mil
Contact Address:
72 Lyme Rd.
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA
Bruce Elder
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: Bruce.C.Elder@erdc.usace.army.mil
Contact Address:
72 Lyme Rd.
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA
Roger Andersen
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1+206-543-1258
Fax: 1+206-616-3142
Email: roger@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
Polar Science Center
Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
1013 NE 40th
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (303) 492-6199
Fax: (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
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
North Pole Environmental Observatory
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
NPEO Aerial CTD Survey
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
J-CAD Drifting Buoy Data, Arctic Ocean, 2000-2002
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2006-07-21
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