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Canadian Monthly Climate Data (CMCD) CD-ROM and the 1961-1990 Normals (CCND) Diskette from the Meteorological Service of Canada

Entry ID: CMC_CMCD_N_CDROM

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Summary

Abstract: The Canadian Monthly Climate Data (CMCD) set of CD-ROM's contain monthly
averages from over 6,000 sites across Canada for periods where a complete set
of observations is available. Depending on the local observing program, there
are up to 134 different climate parameters for each site.

This set of CD-ROM's also contains the 1961-1990 Canadian Climate
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Related URL

Link: View Related Information

Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 42.0

E: -52.0

W: -145.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada

Dataset Title: Canadian Monthly Climate Data (CMCD) CD-ROM and the 1961-1990 Normals (CCND) Diskette from the Meteorological Service of Canada

Online Resource: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/climate/products_services/climate_produ...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1961-01-01

Stop Date: 1990-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > ALBERTA

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE FLOES

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Project

ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate

Quality Type 1: Error free
Type 2: Dubious. Non-specific errors
Type 3: Known errors exist that can be fixed
Type 4: Known errors exist that cannot be fixed
Type 5: No data - not observed
Type 6: Data in analog format only

Time and position: 1
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Access Constraints None. The data are freely available. The data are available for download from the given url. Note that to use the original log files, you will also need to download the provided software in order to extract the data.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Authors should acknowledge use of the ASPeCt data archive.

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at the URL below when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE

CLOUD

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Format: pdf, text

Fees: free

Personnel

ANTHONY PETER WORBY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 5414

Email: tony.worby at csiro.au

Contact Address:

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Castray Esplanade

City: Hobart

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-07-18

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-06-26

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