Great Lakes Daily Ice Observations at NOAA Water Level Gauge Sites

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Entry ID

G00945

Summary

Ice type codes, recorded daily from 1 November - 30 April by cooperative observers at up to 39 NOAA/National Ocean Service water level gauge sites on the Great Lakes, 1955/56 to 1996/97, are archived. Not all gauge sites have reported each season; a list of sites with coordinates and reporting years is included with the data set. The longest records tend to be at river stations (St. Clair, St. Marys, Detroit, St. Lawrence.) Daily observations are coded (open water, solid ice, honeycombed ice, slush ice, windrowed ice, drifting ice, ice gorge), as well as first and last reported ice for each season. This time series is a unique data set.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Great Lakes Daily Ice Observations at NOAA Water Level Gauge Sites
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/G00945.html

Location Keywords

• Continent North America USA
• Continent North America United States Of America
• Continent North America United States Of America Great Lakes Detroit River
• Geographic Region Mid-latitude

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Lake Ice
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Lake Ice

Ancillary Keywords

• Climatology
• Freeze-up
• Freshwater Ice
• Ice Breakup
• ICE TYPES
• Seasonal Ice

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

• Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
• Inland Waters

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: G00945

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Set ID: G00945

Data Center Personnel

Name: NSIDC NOAA 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

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/
Data Set ID: G00945

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

Personnel

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

Reference

Hanson H.P., C.S. Hanson and B.H. Yu. 1992. Recent Great Lakes Ice Trends. Bulletin of the AMS. 73(5):577-84.

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-08-20

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