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Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters and Coastal Regions of Alaska

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00585

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Summary

Abstract: Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters and Coastal Regions of Alaska is a climatology atlas, available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). These atlases update the knowledge of the climatological conditions for the Alaskan marine and near coastal zone. They contain means, extremes, and percent frequency of occurrence of threshold values for these elements: wind, ...

Purpose: To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 80.0

S: 50.0

E: -130.0

W: 165.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Dataset Title: Climatic Atlas of the Outer Continental Shelf Waters and Coastal Regions of Alaska

Dataset Release Date: Unknown

Data Presentation Form: atlas

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1899-01-01

Stop Date: 1985-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: Monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > CYCLONES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss

Data Center URL: http://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/web/en.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARTINE COLLAUD COEN Phone: +41 26 662 62 11 Contact Address: MeteoSwiss Atmospheric Data department Chemin de l'aérologie City: Payerne Postal Code: CH-1530 Country: Switzerland

Publications/References

Collaud Coen, M, Weingartner, E., Schaub, D., Hueglin, C., Corrigan, C., Henning, S., Schikowski, M., and Baltensperger, U.: Saharan dust events at the Jungfraujoch: Detection by wavelength dependence of the single scattering albedo and first climatology analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 2465-2480, 2004. www.atmos-chem-phys.net/4/2465/2004/acp-4-2465-2004.pdf

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-01-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-01-20

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