Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS)

Data Contributors BARRY, R. G. BROWN, JERRY CLARK, MICHAEL J. LEIBMAN, MARINA O. AKERMAN, H. JONAS VONDER MUEHLL, DANIEL S. NELSON, FREDERICK E. (FRITZ) CHRISTIANSEN, HANNE H. MELNIKOV, E.S. BOELHOUWERS, JAN BURGESS, MARGO SMITH, SHARON BRANSON, JULIA ZHANG, TINGJUN Z Parameters ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER FROZEN GROUND > CRYOSOLS FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST FROZEN GROUND > ROCK GLACIERS FROZEN GROUND > SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE FROZEN GROUND > TALIK LAND RECORDS > GLACIATION LAND RECORDS > SEDIMENTS LAND TEMPERATURE > LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW SNOW/ICE > FROST SNOW/ICE > PERMAFROST SOILS > PERMAFROST SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION Instruments ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS HYGROMETERS RAIN GAUGES SNOW MEASURING ROD SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE PROBE SOIL MOISTURE PROBE SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS

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The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM contains data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. CAPS was originally compiled by the International Permafrost Association's (IPA) Standing Committee on Data Information and Communication (SCDIC) in 1998, and was updated by NSIDC and the IPA's SCDIC in 2003. CAPS contains over 100 data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. It also contains detailed metadata records describing over 100 additional data sets available at other GGD nodes around the world. Dozens of contributors submitted data collections representing global sites.

This compilation of data and information products is intended for a broad audience including the scientific and engineering communities, educators, and policy makers.

The data published on CAPS is now only available through the Frozen Ground Data Center (FGDC) Web site. The CAPS is no longer available through CD-ROM.

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Data Citation

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International Permafrost Association Standing Committee on Data Information and Communication (comp.). 2003. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS). [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5SF2T3B.

See Also

• Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P)
• Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program
• Arctic Coastal Dynamics Program
• Frozen Ground Data Center
• EASE-Grid
• Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) 2 Addendum
• CAPS 2 Addendum Web Page
• EASE-Grid
• Contact User Services