International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean, Version 2.23
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gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.dem.236
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Summary
Abstract:
ABSTRACT: The goal of this initiative is to develop a digital data base that contains all available bathymetric data north of 64 degrees North, for use by mapmakers, researchers, and others whose work requires a detailed and accurate knowledge of the depth and the shape of the Arctic seabed. Initiated in 1997, this undertaking has so far engaged the volunteer efforts of investigators who are ... affiliated with eleven institutions in eight countries: Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA. The activity has also been endorsed and/or supported financially by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), the US Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the US National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). Version 2.23 of the IBCAO Grid is now available for downloading along with maps that are suitable for plotting. This new update is the most comprehensive since the first release of IBCAO in 2000 and includes the recent years of multibeam mapping. The resolution of the Polarstereographic grid has been increased from 2.5 km to 2 km.
CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Publication Date
SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Direct Spatial Reference: Raster
Raster Object Type: Grid Cell
Row Count: 2905
Column Count: 2905
Vertical Count: 1
SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION - GEODETIC MODEL
Horizontal Datum Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257224 
Purpose:
PURPOSE: International Ocean Mapping
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Description:
IBCAO version 2.23
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
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N: 90.0
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S: 64.0
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E: 180.0
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W: -180.0
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1997-01-01
Stop Date:
2008-12-31
Data Resolution
Vertical Resolution:
1 meters
Vertical Resolution Range:
< 1 meter
Access Constraints
Distribution of these data are restricted to MSFC LIS Science Team collaborators and to Earth Observing System (EOS) and TRMM affiliated Investigators.
Use Constraints
When NLDN data obtained from the GHRC is used in publication, the
following acknowledgement shall be used:
...
NLDN data provided by the NASA Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS)
instrument team and the LIS data center via the Global Hydrology
Resource Center (GHRC) located at the Global Hydrology and Climate
Center (GHCC), Huntsville, Alabama through a license agreement with
Global Atmospherics, Inc (GAI). The data available from the GHRC are
restricted to LIS science team collaborators and to NASA EOS and TRMM
investigators.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Distribution
Distribution Media:
FTP
Distribution Format:
HDF
Fees:
none
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
256-961-7962
Fax:
256-961-7348
Email:
Rich.Blakeslee at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Global Hydrology and Climate Center
320 Sparkman Drive
City:
Huntsville
Province or State:
AL
Postal Code:
35805
Country:
USA
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
256-961-7973
Email:
ghrcdaac at itsc.uah.edu
City:
Huntsville
Province or State:
AL
Postal Code:
35805
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Cummins, K.L., et al., 1995: NLDN'95: A Combined TOA/MDF Technology Upgrade of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network. Intl. Aerospace & Ground Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity, Williamsburg, VA, USA, Sept. 26-28, 1995. Cummins, K.L., R.O. Burnett, W.L. Hiscox, and A.E. Pifer, 1993: Line Reliability and ... Fault Analysis Using the National Lightning Detection Network.
Preprints, Precise Measurements in Power Conference, Arlington, VA, Oct. 27-29,
1993.
Cummins, K.L., W.L. Hiscox, A.E. Pifer, and M.W. Maier, 1992: Performance
Analysis of the U.S. National Lightning Detection Network. Proceedings, 9th
International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity. St. Petersburg, Russia.
A.I. Voeilkov Main Geophysical Observatory, Karbysheva 7, 194018, St.
Petersburg, Russia.
Holle, R. H. and Lopez, R. E, 1993: Overview of Real-Time Lightning Detection
Systems and their Meteorological Uses. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL NSSL-102,
National Severe Storm Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, October 1993.
Maier, M. W., et al., 1983: Locating Cloud-To-Ground Lightning With Wideband
Magnetic Direction Finders. Presented at 5th Symposium on Meteorological
Observations and Instrumentation. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 11-15, 1983.
Orville, R.E., 1994: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flash Characteristics in the
Contiguous United States: 1989-1991. Journal of Geophys. Res., Vol. 5.,
10833-10841.
Reap, R.M., D.R. MacGorman, 1989: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning: Climatological
Characteristics and Relationships to Model Fields, Radar Observations, and
Severe Local Storms. Monthly Wea. Review , 117, 518-535.
Global Atmospherics Inc. (GAI) Lightning Ground Strikes from the National
Lightning Detection Network Data Set Document. MSFC/GHRC Guide Document.
http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/gailong/gailong_dataset.html
Extended Metadata Properties
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2005-03-31
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-09-05
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