Meteorological Data from the Russian Arctic, 1961-2000

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Entry ID

G02141

Summary

This data set contains monthly means of meteorological observation data from Russian stations from 1961-2000 (for most stations). The Russian station observations were provided by Vladimir Radionov, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, and include 2-meter air temperature, sea level pressure, total and low cloud amount, precipitation, and relative humidity. Data are available in ASCII text format via FTP.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator: Vladimir Radionov
Dataset Title: Meteorological Data from the Russian Arctic, 1961-2000
Dataset Release Date: 2003-09-18
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g02141.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1961-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31

Location Keywords

• Continent Europe Eastern Europe Russia

Science Keywords

• Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Sea Level Pressure
• Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
• Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity
• Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Amount/Frequency
• Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount

Ancillary Keywords

• AARI
• Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas
• NOAA
• NSIDC
• NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Tretyakov precipitation gauges
• WMO
• World Meteorological Organization

ISO Topic Category (View Definitions)

• Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere

Platform

• GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

• BAROMETERS
• DRY BULB THERMOMETERS
• HYGROMETERS
• THERMOMETERS
• WET BULB THERMOMETERS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_NOAA

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: G02141

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: G02141

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: FTP
Distribution Size: 60 KB to 65 KB
Distribution Format: ASCII text in uniformat

Personnel

Vladimir Radionov
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Department of Meteorology
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
City: St. Petersburg
Country: Russia

FLORENCE FETTERER
Role: INVESTIGATOR
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

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

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Metadata Name and Version

Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-08-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2007-08-21

DIF Text-Only

Directory Interchange Format (DIF) in plain text

DIF XML

Directory Interchange Format (DIF) in Extensible Markup Language (XML)

FGDC HTML

U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM)