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New Zealand Antarctic Soils Database

Entry ID: ggd25

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Summary

Abstract: This data set includes the New Zealand National soils database, a comprehensive collection of data relating to Antarctic soils, permafrost, and frozen ground conditions. Data are from about 800 sites over the length of the Transantarctic Mountains to the Ellsworth Mountains, and have been gathered since about 1960. Most data are concentrated in the McMurdo Dry Valley system. The database ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -72.25

S: -85.5

E: 156.0

W: 83.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Iain Campbell and Graeme Claridge

Dataset Title: New Zealand Antarctic Soils Database

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ggd25.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1960-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DRY VALLEYS, MCMURDO

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE > ANTARTCICA

Science Keywords

LAND SURFACE > SOILS

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

AURA > Aura

Instrument

OMI > Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

AURA > Earth Observing System (EOS), AURA

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Quality This is the second public release of version 003 data. It is based on the improved algorithm. For details, please see related documents available from the site:
http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/OMI/omcldo2g_v003.shtml

Use Constraints This Data set (second release of version 003) is better than the
earlier version but it is not fully validated yet. Before using it in any
...

Ancillary Keywords

Atmospheric Dynamics

Cloud Top Pressure

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: OMCLDO2G

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: Approx 90 MB per file

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS5

Fees: None

Personnel

PEPIJN VEEFKIND, PH. D

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

KNMI

P.O.Box 201

City: De Bilt

Province or State: AE

Postal Code: 3730

Country: NL

SURAIYA P. AHMAD, PH. D

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-614-5284

Email: Suraiya.Ahmad at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Acarreta, J.R., J.F. de Haan and P. Stammes, Cloud pressure retrieval using the 02-O2 absorption band at 477 nm, J. Geophys. Res., 2004, 109, doi:10.1029/2003JD003915

Acarreta, J. R., and J. F. de Haan, ?Cloud pressure algorithm based on O2-O2 absorption,? Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document: Clouds, Aerosols, and Surface UV Irradiance, P. Stammes (ed.), vol. III, ATBD-OMI-03, ...

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-03-08

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-04-29

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