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NOAA AOC WP-3D Research Flight Data (DSI-6420)

Entry ID: gov.noaa.ncdc.C00581

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Summary

Abstract: NOAA AOC WP-3D Research Flight Data is digital data set DSI-6420, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set is meteorological data gathered by Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, operated by the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) at MacDill AFB, Florida. Data is provided by the Science and Engineering Division of AOC to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The WP-3D ...

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

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: data set

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition

Related URL

Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA

Description: View Source Metadata document from the Metadata Manager and Repository (NMMR).

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 60.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Arctic Research Program

Dataset Release Date: 2009

Dataset Publisher: Arctic Report Card 2009

Online Resource: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/vegetation.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1982-01-01

Stop Date: 2008-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION INDEX

CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Arctic Research Office, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JACQUELINE RICHTER-MENGE Email: Jaqueline.A.Richter-Menge at erdc.usaec.army.mil Contact Address: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory 72 Lyme Rd. City: Hanover Province or State: NH Postal Code: 03755-1290 Country: USA

Publications/References

Bhatt, U., D. A. Walker, M. K. Raynolds, and J. Comiso (2008), Circumpolar and regional analysis of the relationship between sea-ice variability, summer land-surface temperatures, Arctic tundra greenness and large-scale climate drivers, NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, Adelphi, MD, NASA, http://cce.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/meeting_2008/mtg2008_ab_search.pl., Abstract ID 363

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-08-09

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-20

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