Snow data from Vestfonna

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• Distribution_Information
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Identification_Information:

Citation:

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Originator: Olli-Pekka Mattila

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Snow data from Vestfonna

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Data includes physical snow properties (temperature, grain size, stratigraphy and density) from six snow pits around Vestfonna ice cap, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard and optical measurements in snow from 01.08.2007-01.05.2008. Dataset also contains weather station and snow pit measurements from Longyearbreen, Svalbard.

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Beginning_Date: 20070801

Ending_Date: 20080501

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 15.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 82.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 72.5

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

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Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW STRATIGRAPHY

Theme_Keyword: AWS > AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: SNOW DENSITY CUTTER

Theme_Keyword: SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE PROBE

Theme_Keyword: PAR SENSORS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION SENSORS

Theme_Keyword: SNOW FORKS

Theme_Keyword: IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

Theme_Keyword: KINNVIKA > CHANGE AND VARIABILITY OF ARCTIC SYSTEMS NORDAUSTLANDET, SVALBARD

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: Data access is via contact person.

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Use of the data is discussed on every request separately.

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Contact_Person: OLLI-PEKKA MATTILA

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Division of Geophysics

Address: University of Helsinki

Address: P.O.Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströminkatu 2)

City: Helsinki

Postal_Code: 00014

Country: Finland

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +358-9-191 51079

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +358-9-191 51000

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: olli-pekka.mattila@helsinki.fi

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Contact_Organization: U-HELSINKI/DPS/DOG > Division of Geophysics, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

Contact_Person: OLLI-PEKKA MATTILA

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Division of Geophysics

Address: University of Helsinki

Address: P.O.Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströminkatu 2)

City: Helsinki

Postal_Code: 00014

Country: Finland

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +358-9-191 51079

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +358-9-191 51000

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: olli-pekka.mattila@helsinki.fi

Resource_Description: kinnvika-snow

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http://www.geophysics.helsinki.fi/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://www.geo.physics.helsinki.fi/tutkimus/kinnvi...

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http://www.kinnvika.net/

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Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20081120

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090618

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