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International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature

Entry ID: G02201

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Summary

Abstract: The International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature collection (formerly known as the Discovery and Access of Historic Literature from the IPYs (DAHLI) project) is an online data collection consisting primarily of photographs, publications, and observational data records from, and relating to, the first two International Polar Years (IPY) 1882-83 and 1932-33 and the International ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: Access ROCS Materials

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: History of the IPYs

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: E. Coburn, R. Duerr, E. Schlagel, and A. Wallace, editors

Dataset Title: International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature

Dataset Release Date: 2011-08-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

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

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g02201.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1882-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > MEXICO

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > DUST/ASH/SMOKE

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > PARTICULATE MATTER

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

BALLOONS

Instrument

OZONESONDES

Quality The overal project and coordination of the 'matches' was made by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. Ozonesondes that were launched from McMurdo were under the project leadership of Terry Deshler at the University of Wyoming.
(deshler@grizzly.uwyo.edu)

Ancillary Keywords

atmospheric temperature

atmospheric pressure

ozone depletion

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Antarctica New Zealand, New Zealand Antarctic Institute, New Zealand

Data Center URL: http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/

Data Center Personnel
Name: SHULAMIT GORDON Phone: +64 3 358 0200 Fax: +64 3 358 0211 Email: s.gordon at antarcticanz.govt.nz Contact Address: Antarctica New Zealand Private Bag 4745 City: Christchurch Country: New Zealand