Great Lakes Daily Ice Observations at NOAA Water Level Gauge Sites, 1956 - 1997, Version 1
Data set id:
G00945
DOI: 10.7265/N5PN93HT
This is the most recent version of these data.
Overview
This data set contains daily visual ice observations taken yearly from 1 November to 30 April at NOAA/National Ocean Service water level gauge sites in the Great Lakes Basin from 1956 to the 1997. Not all gauge sites have reported each season; a list of sites with coordinates and reporting years is included with the data set. The longest records tend to be at river stations such as St. Clair, St. Marys, Detroit, and St. Lawrence. Daily observations are coded (open water, solid ice, honeycombed ice, slush ice, windrowed ice, drifting ice, or ice gorge), as well as first and last reported ice for each season.
Parameter(s):
LAKE ICE
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 November 1956 to 30 April 1997
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
49
S:
41
E:
-75
W:
-93
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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