Seasonal frost depths, midwestern USA  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ggd498
Summary
This dataset includes frost tube data from 37 stations in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin), USA. The responsible agency was the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data were collected during 1971-1981 (no data for 1976/77) by cooperative observers who gathered the data for use in their spring run-off hydrologic predictions. The observers had frost tubes installed by District personnel in their back yards. The early penetration of frost at the beginning of the freezing season was not observed, but most observers picked up the record when 1 or 2' of frost had occurred. This data base, a preliminary version, was constructed by Richard K. Haugen and Glenn King from the manuscript records of the cooperative observers and is presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 48.833°
S: 43.767°
E: -90.183°
W: -101.3°
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1971-01-01
Stop Date: 1981-01-31
Location Keywords
- Continent North America United States Of America Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, USA
Science Keywords
- Agriculture Soils Soil Temperature
- Agriculture Soils Thermal Conductivity
- Cryosphere Frozen Ground Seasonally Frozen Ground
- Cryosphere Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Freeze/Thaw
- Land Surface Frozen Ground Seasonally Frozen Ground
- Land Surface Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Soils Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Soils Thermal Conductivity
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Freeze/Thaw
Ancillary Keywords
- Seasonal Freeze/thaw
- Soil Temperature
- Thermal Properties
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
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 Frozen Ground Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC 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 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
Personnel
Glenn King
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
72 Lyme Road
City: Hanover
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03755-1290
Country: USA
Richard Haugen
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: Richard.K.Haugen@hanover.valley.net
Contact Address:
RR1, Box 143
City: East Thetford
Province or State: VT
Postal Code: 05043
Country: USA
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
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