Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment (PARCA) Data Sets
Entry ID: NSIDC-0095

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Summary
Abstract: PARCA began in 1993 with the primary goal of measuring and understanding the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Approximately 25 investigations used in situ measurements and satellite and aircraft remote sensing to study this issue. Measurements include surface elevation and ice thickness change rates from aircraft laser altimetry, shallow to intermediate ice cores (for average accumulation ... View entire text
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Title: Program for Arctic Regional Climate Assessment (PARCA)
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/parca/
Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE Parameter Definition
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Instrument
STREAM GAUGES Ancillary Description
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 199

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE
Phone: (865) 574-7447
Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov
Contact Address:
ORNL DAAC User Services Office
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
City: Oak Ridge
Province or State: TN
Postal Code: 37831-6407
Country: USA
Personnel
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Contact Address:
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
University of New Hampshire
City: Durham
Province or State: NH
Postal Code: 03824
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1998-05-27
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-11

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