Central Asian Snow Cover from Hydrometeorological Surveys, 1932-1990

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Entry ID

G01171

Summary

The Central Asian Snow Cover from Hydrometeorological Surveys data are based on observations made by personnel for three river basins: Amu Darya, Sir Darya, and Naryn. These observations include end of month snow depth, snow density and snow water equivalent. Only snow depth is included for additional snow points measured by helicopter landings. Temporal coverage varies for each snow point, with the longest station record extending from 1932 through 1990. Data were provided to NSIDC by the State Hydrometeorological Service (Russian acronym SANIGMI) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Development of this data set was funded by the NOAA Environmental Services, Data, and Information Management (ESDIM) program, through the NOAA/NESDIS National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Dan Bedford and Boris Tsarev
Dataset Title: Central Asian Snow Cover from Hydrometeorological Surveys, 1932-1990
Dataset Release Date: 1996-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g01171.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1932-01-31
Stop Date: 1990-04-30

Location Keywords

• Continent Asia Central Asia
• Continent Asia Southcentral Asia
• Continent Asia Southcentral Asia Kyrgyzstan
• Continent Asia Southcentral Asia Tajikistan
• Continent Asia Southcentral Asia Uzbekistan

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Depth
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Water Equivalent
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Density
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Depth
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Water Equivalent

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

• Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere

Platform

• AIRCRAFT
• GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

• SNOW MEASURING ROD
• WET/DRY PRECIPITATION SAMPLERS

Quality

This data set is based on hand-digitized analog records. Degradation of the original records and human error can cause missing or inaccurate data values. These data were examined by the principal investigator and compared to expected climatological values to identify and remove large errors before being archived by NSIDC.

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: G01171

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: G01171

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: G01171

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

DAN P. BEDFORD
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 802 433 5210
Email: bedford@panther.middlebury.edu
Contact Address:
Department of Geography
Warner Science
Middlebury College
City: Middlebury
Province or State: VT
Postal Code: 05753

BORIS TSAREV
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: sanigmi@gimet.gov.uz
Contact Address:
SANIGMI
72 Observatorskaya
Tashkent 70052 Uzbekistan

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

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2001-10-25

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