Abstract:
The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM contains data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. CAPS was originally compiled by the International Permafrost Association's (IPA) Standing Committee on Data Information and Communication (SCDIC) in 1998, and was updated by NSIDC and the IPA's SCDIC in 2003. CAPS contains over 100 data sets ... and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. It also contains detailed metadata records describing over 100 additional data sets available at other GGD nodes around the world. Dozens of contributors submitted data collections representing global sites. This compilation of data and information products is intended for a broad audience including the scientific and engineering communities, educators, and policy makers. The data published on CAPS is now only available through the Frozen Ground Data Center (FGDC) Web site. The CAPS is no longer available through CD-ROM.
Quality
Data were quality checked by the investigators who provided them to NSIDC for the CD compilation. Data value range checks were performed at NSIDC.
Access Constraints
There are no restrictions on access to these data.
Use Constraints
There are no restrictions on use of these data. Please cite the data using the citation example given in the documentation. Please cite the CD itself as follows: International Permafrost Association, Data and Information Working Group, comp. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), version 1.0. CD-ROM available from National Snow and Ice Data Center, nsidc@nsidc.org. Boulder, Colorado: NSIDC, University of Colorado at Boulder.
R.
G.
BARRY Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
University of Colorado
National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology
449 UCB City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80309-0449
Country:
USA
JERRY
BROWN Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
508-457-4982
Fax:
508-457-4982
Email:
jerrybrown at igc.apc.org
Contact Address:
International Permafrost Association
PO Box 7 City:
Woods Hole
Province or State:
MA
Postal Code:
02543
Country:
USA
MICHAEL
J.
CLARK Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
University of Southhampton Country:
UK
MARINA
O.
LEIBMAN Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
7-095-215-8666
Fax:
7-095-135-6582
Email:
mleibman at online.ru
Contact Address:
Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow department of Earth Cryosphere Institute
Vavilov str., 30/6 City:
Moscow
Postal Code:
GSP-1, 119
Country:
Russia
H.
JONAS
AKERMAN Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
46 46 123212
Email:
agrisys at zamnet.zm
Contact Address:
Lund University
Department of Physical Geography
Solvegatan 12 City:
Lund
Postal Code:
22363
Country:
Sweden
DANIEL
S.
VONDER MUEHLL Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
41-1632-4113
Fax:
41-1632-1192
Email:
vdmuehll at aeolus.ethz.ch
Contact Address:
VAW-ETH
Federal Institute of Technology
Gloriastrasse 37/39 City:
Zurich
Postal Code:
CH-8092
Country:
Switzerland
FREDERICK
E.
NELSON Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(302) 831-0582
Fax:
(302) 831-6654
Email:
fnelson at udel.edu
Contact Address:
University of Delaware
Department of Geography
018 Penny Hall City:
Newark
Province or State:
DE
Postal Code:
19716
Country:
USA
HANNE
HVIDTFELDT
CHRISTIANSEN Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
79023320
Email:
hanne.christiansen at unis.no
Email:
hhc at server1.geogr.ku.dk
Contact Address:
University Centre in Svalbard
PB 156 City:
Longyearbyen
Province or State:
Svalbard
Postal Code:
9171
Country:
Norway
E.
S.
MELNIKOV Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
7-095-135-9828
Fax:
7-095-135-6582
Email:
emelnikov at mtu-net.ru
Contact Address:
Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch
Laboratory of Geocryological Prediction and Informatics of Earth Cryosphere Inst
Vavilov Str. 30/6-74a City:
Moscow
Postal Code:
GSP-1, 119
Country:
Russia
JAN
BOELHOUWERS Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
+46 18 4712524
Fax:
+46 18 555920
Email:
jan.boelhouwers at natgeog.uu.se
Contact Address:
Uppsala University
Physical Geography, Department of Earth Sciences
Villav. 16 City:
Uppsala
Postal Code:
7535
Country:
Sweden
MARGO
BURGESS Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
613 996 9317
Fax:
613 992 0190
Email:
mburgess at nrcan.gc.ca
Contact Address:
Geological Survey of Canada
Natural Resources Canada
601 Booth Street City:
Ottawa
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
K1A 0E8
Country:
Canada
SHARON
SMITH Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
613-947-7066
Fax:
613-992-0190
Email:
ssmith at nrcan.gc.ca
Contact Address:
Geological Survey of Canada
Natural Resources Canada
601 Booth St. City:
Ottawa
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
K1A 0E8
Country:
Canada
JULIA
BRANSON Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
University of Southampton Country:
UK
TINGJUN
ZHANG Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
303-492-6199
Fax:
303-492-2359
Email:
nsidc at nsidc.org
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado
CIRES, 449 UCB City:
Boulder
Province or State:
Colorado
Postal Code:
80309-0449
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
Publications/References
J. Brown, J.,Ferrians, O.J. Jr., Heginbottom, J.A. and Melnikov, E.S. 1997. Circum-arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions. USGS Circum-Pacific Map Series CP-45 (scale 1:10,000,000). U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA. Brown J., O.J. Ferrians, Jr., J.A. Heginbottom, and E.S. Melnikov. 1998. Digital Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions. In: International Permafrost Association, Data and Information Working Group, comp. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), version 1.0. CD-ROM available from National Snow and Ice Data Center, nsidc@nsidc.org. Boulder, Colorado: NSIDC, University of Colorado at Boulder. Extensive references are also provided with each data set on CAPS.
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