Environmental Working Group Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas

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Entry ID

G01962

Summary

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) was established in June 1995 under the framework of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. In order to expand scientific understanding of the Arctic, the EWG Arctic Climatology Project compiled digital data for arctic regions in January 1996. This work led to a set of three atlases on CD-ROM for arctic oceanography, sea ice, and meteorology.

U.S. and Russian partners developed the EWG Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas. The U.S. Navy submarine and Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) community strongly supported this project. The U.S. Arctic Submarine Laboratory and the National Ice Center (NIC)/Naval Ice Center (NAVICE)--a joint agency supported by the U.S. Navy, NOAA, and the U.S. Coast Guard--prepared the data. The Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) in St. Petersburg contributed sea ice data and analyses. The U.S. Environmental Research Institute in Michigan designed and compiled the CD-ROM and served as managing editor of the project.

Please register with NSIDC User Services to receive the EWG Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas CD-ROM. Refer to The Environmental Working Group Arctic Atlases on CD-ROM Web page for information about other related products.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Arctic Climatology Project edited by F. Tanis and V. Smolyanitsky.
Dataset Title: Environmental Working Group Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas
Dataset Release Date: 2001-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Data Presentation Form: CD-ROM
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/G01962.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01
Stop Date: 1994-12-31

Location Keywords

• Geographic Region Arctic
• Geographic Region Polar

Science Keywords

• Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Deformation
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Extent
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Ice Types
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Age
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration
• Cryosphere Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
• Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover
• Oceans Ocean Circulation Ocean Currents
• Oceans Ocean Pressure Sea Level Pressure
• Oceans Sea Ice Ice Deformation
• Oceans Sea Ice Ice Depth/Thickness
• Oceans Sea Ice Ice Extent
• Oceans Sea Ice Ice Types
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Age
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Concentration
• Oceans Sea Ice Sea Ice Motion
• Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Cover

Ancillary Keywords

• Arctic
• Arctic Ocean
• Climate
• Climatology
• Cryosphere
• Hydrosphere
• ICE BREAKERS
• Ice Extent
• Ice Form
• ICE STATIONS
• Ice Surveys
• Ice Thickness Distribution
• NOAA
• NSIDC
• Ocean
• Satellites
• Sea Ice
• SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
• Sea Ice Age
• Sea Ice Motion
• Snow Cover
• Submarines
• Upward Looking Sonar
• Visual Observations

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

• Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
• Oceans

Platform

• AIRCRAFT
• COASTAL STATIONS
• GROUND STATIONS
• SATELLITES
• SHIPS
• SUBMARINE
• WEATHER STATIONS

Instrument

• UPWARD LOOKING SONAR
• VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

Project

• ARCTIC CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: G01962

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: G01962

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

Distribution

Distribution Media: CD-ROM

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

Related URL

http://ns.noaa.gov/atlas/
winter atlas contents

http://nsidc.org/NSIDC/EWG/index.html
Detailed information about EWG CD-ROMS.

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Arctic Climatology Project - Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Environmental Working Group: Joint U.S.-Russian Atlas of the Arctic Ocean

Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-10-19
Last DIF Revision Date: 2001-10-04

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