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Nenana Ice Classic: Tanana River Ice Annual Breakup Dates

Entry ID: NSIDC-0064

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Summary

Abstract: The Nenana river in the Interior of Alaska usually freezes over during October and November. The ice continues to grow throughout the winter accumulating an average maximum thickness of about 110 cm, depending upon winter weather conditions. The Nenana River Ice Classic competition began in 1917 when railroad engineers bet a total of 800 dollars, winner takes all, guessing the exact time (month, ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 62.0

S: 62.0

E: -149.0

W: -149.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Nenana Ice Classic

Dataset Title: Nenana Ice Classic: Tanana River Ice Annual Breakup Dates

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

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

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0064.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1917-04-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: annual

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE GROWTH/MELT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

CHAMP > Challenging Minisatellite Payload

SAC-C > Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientifico - C

COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 > Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate

Instrument

TBB > Tri-Band Beacon

TIP > Tiny Atmospheric Photometer

Project

GPS/MET > Global Positioning System Meteorology Experiment

Access Constraints Data access is free, but you must sign up for CDAAC data access:

http://cosmic-io.cosmic.ucar.edu/cdaac/cdaacsign.html

Use Constraints Any papers published using our data shall include an acknowledgment of the UCAR/COSMIC program. CDAAC data are intended for scientific research purposes and UCAR/COSMIC cannot make any guarantees or promise support.

Ancillary Keywords

refractivity

refractive bending angles

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://cosmic-io.cosmic.ucar.edu/cdaac/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DOUG HUNT Email: dhunt at ucar.edu Contact Address: UCAR COSMIC Project Office P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (HTTP)

Distribution Format: Bernese 5.0

Fees: No Fee

Personnel

DOUG HUNT

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: dhunt at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

UCAR COSMIC Project Office

P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80307

Country: USA

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Melbourne, W. G. E.S Davis, C.B. Duncan, G.A. Hajj, K. R. Hardy, E.R. Kursinski, T.K. Meehan, L.E. Young, T.P. Yunck (1994), The application of spaceborne GPS to atmospheric limb sounding and global change monitoring, JPL Publ. 94-18, 147

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-06-02

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-10

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