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Automated Weather Station Data for Greenland Ice Core Locations

Entry ID: ARCSS005

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Summary

Abstract: Automated weather station data (temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind direction and speed) were collected on and near the GISP2 site in Greenland. The data were collected every 10 minutes and compiled into three-hourly intervals at each site from 1987 to 1995.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Automated Weather Station Data for Greenland Ice Core ftp site

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Automated Weather Station Data for Greenland Ice Core documentation

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 72.0

S: 72.0

E: 38.0

W: -38.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Charles Stearns

Dataset Title: Automated Weather Station Data for Greenland Ice Core Locations

Dataset Release Date: 1996-01-01

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

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

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss005.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1987-05-01

Stop Date: 1995-01-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > GREENLAND > GREENLAND SUMMIT

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: three-hour intervals

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Instrument

BAROMETERS

THERMOMETERS

ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System

Project

ARCSS > Arctic System Science

ARCSS/GISP2 > Arctic System Science/Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2

NSF/OPP > Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation

Ancillary Keywords

ARCSS

Automated Weather Station Data

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

ADCC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: ARCSS005

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Dataset ID: ARCSS005

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Personnel

CHARLES R. STEARNS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: front242 at uwaaws.ssec.wisc.edu

Contact Address:

Polar Meteorological Research Establishment

1325 Meteorology and Space Science Building

1225 West Dayton Street

University of Wisconsin Madison

City: Madison

Province or State: WI

Postal Code: 53706

Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-11

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