Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Data Sets

Services / Tools

Ancillary Descriptions

Are you using a browser that doesn't support JavaScript or have you disabled JavaScript?

If you have disabled JavaScript, you must re-enable JavaScript to use this page.
Or you can view this record using the Text Only Format.

SCAR King George Island GIS Transportation Infrastructure Data

Entry ID: SCAR_KGIS_transport

[ Update this Record ]

Summary

Abstract: Transportation infrastructure data (roads, paths, runways, helipads) for King
George Island, Antarctica.

Description: OGC WMS service for SCAR KGIS data

Geographic Coverage

(Click for Interactive Map)

Spatial coordinates

	N: -61.89	S: -62.27	E: -57.63	W: -59.04
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 750

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Steffen Vogt for the SCAR KGIS project

Dataset Title: SCAR KGIS transportation infrastructure data

Dataset Release Date: 2004-04-01

Dataset Release Place: Freiburg, Germany

Dataset Publisher: SCAR / IPG Uni Freiburg

Version: 1.0

Data Presentation Form: digital (shapefiles)

Online Resource: http://www.kgis.scar.org/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-04-01

Stop Date: 2004-04-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > KING GEORGE ISLAND

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 Degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 Degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Temporal Resolution: Monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ELEVATION

Platform

NOAA-10 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10

Instrument

HIRS/2 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2

SOUNDERS

TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

TOVS PATHFINDER > TOVS Path A

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

MONTHLY

CLIMATE CHANGE

Originating Center

GSFC_DAAC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: TOVS Pathfinder 5 Day Path A Grids

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Personnel

JOEL SUSSKIND

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-286-7210

Fax: 301-286-2323

Email: joel.susskind-1 at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 613.0

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Chahine, M. T., 1968, "Determination of the Temperature Profile in an
Atmosphere from its Outgoing Radiances", J. Opt. Soc. Am., 58, 1634-1637.

Reuter, D., J. Susskind, and A. Pursch, 1988, "First Guess Dependence of
a Physically Based Set of Temperature Humidity Retrievals from HIRS2/MSU
...

Extended Metadata Properties

(Click to view more)

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-03-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-17

Reformat as FGDC document

View Text Only Format

[ Update this Record ]