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North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) Weather and Radiation Buoy Data, 2002-2004

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Data_Quality_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J. Morison, K. Aagaard, R. Moritz, M. McPhee, A. Heiberg, and M. Steele

Publication_Date: 20051007

Title: North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) Weather and Radiation Buoy Data, 2002-2004

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Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO
Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss127.html

Description:

Abstract:: This data set includes in situ air pressure, wind, temperature, longwave radiation, and shortwave radiation measurements. Data were recorded from 27 April 2002 through 24 April 2004 by weather stations and radiometers on drifting buoys near the North Pole that were deployed by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). A lack of solar energy, which is needed to power the radiometer batteries, rendered some data useless after mid-to-late September. The North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) is a year-round, automated scientific observatory, deploying various instruments each April in order to learn how the world's northernmost sea helps regulate global climate. It consists of a set of unmanned scientific platforms that record oceanographic, cryospheric, and atmospheric data throughout the year. More information about the project is available at the project Web site, http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/ North Pole Environmental Observatory Data are in ASCII text format and are available via FTP.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: McPhee, Miles G., T. Kikuchi, J. Morison, and T.P. Stanton. 2003. Ocean-to-ice heat flux at the North Pole environmental observatory. Geophysical Research Letters. V 30-24. 2274.

Time_Period_of_Content:

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020427
Ending_Date: 20030625

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

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Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20030429
Ending_Date: 20040424

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -26.131
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 76.476
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 89.168
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 67.276

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -21.5628
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.5727
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 88.5197
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 69.4923

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND VECTORS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED RADIANCE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE RADIANCE
Theme_Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Theme_Keyword: BUOYS
Theme_Keyword: OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS
Theme_Keyword: WEATHER STATIONS
Theme_Keyword: ANEMOMETERS
Theme_Keyword: BAROMETERS
Theme_Keyword: DRIFTING BUOYS
Theme_Keyword: THERMISTORS
Theme_Keyword: WIND VANES
Theme_Keyword: PYRANOMETERS
Theme_Keyword: PYRGEOMETERS
Theme_Keyword: RADIOMETERS
Theme_Keyword: ARCSS > ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE
Theme_Keyword: NSF/OPP > OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Theme_Keyword: ARCSS/NPEO > ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE/NORTH POLE ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATORY
Theme_Keyword: Adcc
Theme_Keyword: Air Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Air Temperatures
Theme_Keyword: Arcss
Theme_Keyword: Arcss127
Theme_Keyword: Automated Weather Station Data
Theme_Keyword: Buoy Data
Theme_Keyword: Buoys
Theme_Keyword: Drifting Buoys
Theme_Keyword: Latitude
Theme_Keyword: Longitude
Theme_Keyword: Longwave Radiation
Theme_Keyword: North Pole
Theme_Keyword: North Pole Drifting Station
Theme_Keyword: North Pole Environmental Observatory
Theme_Keyword: Nsidc > National Snow And Ice Data Center
Theme_Keyword: Opp 9910305
Theme_Keyword: Radiation
Theme_Keyword: Shortwave Radiation
Theme_Keyword: Surface Winds
Theme_Keyword: Wind Direction
Theme_Keyword: Wind Speed
Theme_Keyword: Wind Velocity
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ROGER ANDERSEN

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Polar Science Center
Address: Applied Physics Laboratory
Address: University of Washington
Address: 1013 NE 40th
City: Seattle
State_or_Province: WA
Postal_Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1+206-543-1258

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1+206-616-3142

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: roger@apl.washington.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Weather Station: If winds were reported as zero for more than a few records, as in December 2002 and January 2003, the researchers assumed the rotor was frozen. Missing data from a weather station are flagged with the value '1.00E+35'. Radiometers: The radiometers were 'cleaned' by a heater and powered from batteries charged by solar panels. The solar panels were not able to charge the batteries after mid-to-late September, causing the radiometers to frost over. Thus, data collected after that time are not reliable. Neither radiometer buoy recorded position information, so the drift track from the weather station buoy applies to each. Missing radiometer data are flagged with the value '-99.9'.

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Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact_Person: NSIDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
Address: University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-2468

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsidc@nsidc.org

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NSIDC_ARCSS > Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Contact_Person: NSIDC ARCSS USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
Address: University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-2468

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsidc@nsidc.org

Resource_Description: arcss127

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII
Transfer_Size: 5 KB to 955 KB. Total volume is 2.85 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://nsidc.org

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://nsidc.org/arcss/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050714

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120511

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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