Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-24T08:18:44Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 8241 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]CEAMARC_all_events 139.219,-67.068,150.005,-44.348139.004,-67.099,146.68,-65.515121.08,-67.05,145.01,-42.8 2007-12-17T00:00:00Z 2008-01-26T00:00:00Z 2004-01-19T00:00:00Z 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z 2008-01-25T00:00:00Z 2008-02-12T00:00:00Z 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z

Copies of the event logs/station lists taken from the Aurora Australis, Astrolabe and Umitaka Maru during their CEAMARC cruises (collaborative East Antarctic Marine Census).

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Antarcticoctopuses 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-12-19T05:00:00Z

This project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, UK under their Antarctic Funding Initiative and was awarded to Louise Allcock (Principal Investigator), Jan Strugnell (Postdoctoral ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]TRIPLE_ISO_COMP_PALEOATM_02 -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 2006-05-23T04:00:00Z

This data set contains results from a study of the triple isotope composition of atmospheric O2, obtained by analysis of the GISP2 and Siple Dome ice cores. Results are expressed as D17O, where D17O ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]WOUDC 158.0,-54.5,159.0,54.0 1963-03-19T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

The World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre contains ozone and ultraviolet radiation measurements from around the globe. Some regions have large historical datasets - for example the Macquarie ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_CO2_SIPLE_ICECORE -84.0,-76.0,-84.0,-76.0 2003-11-07T05:00:00Z

Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been derived from ice cores in Antarctica. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations for Siple Station (West Antarctica) were derived from measurements ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_LGT_CO2 123.35,-75.0,123.35,-75.0 2005-06-27T04:00:00Z

A record of atmospheric CO2 concentration during the transition from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene, obtained from the Dome Concordia (Antarctica) ice core, reveals that an increase of 76 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]TAYLOR_CO2_NOAA_NGDC_PAGES 158.7,-77.8,158.7,-77.8 2006-07-20T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of CO2 concentrations from oxygen isotopes in the Taylor Dome (Antarctica) ice core from 0.4 to 11 kyr BP. The data set consists of depth (m), age (year before 1950), mean ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_DOMEC -83.0,-75.0,-83.0,-75.0 2005-06-17T04:00:00Z

This data consists of nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) concentrations from the EPICA Dome C ice core (Antarctica). [Abstract] Nitrous oxide (N2O ) concentration records ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_CH4_BYRD_DYE3 -120.0,-80.0,-120.0,-80.0-44.0,65.0,-44.0,65.0 2003-10-29T05:00:00Z

Atmospheric concentrations of CH4 were extracted from the 2,184-m ice core from Byrd Station (Antarctica) for the period 550 - 51,100 BP in 1967-68 by the U.S. Cold regions Research and Engineering ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEOCLIMATE_SYNCHRO 166.0,-78.0,166.0,-78.0-120.0,-80.0,-120.0,-80.0-38.0,79.0,-38.0,79.0 2006-05-09T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of isotopic, carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) data collected from the Byrd and Vostok ice cores (Antarctica) and the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP). Data from the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]TAYLOR60-20_CO2_NOAA_NGDC_PAGES 158.7,-77.8,158.7,-77.8 1998-02-09T00:00:00Z 1998-05-25T00:00:00Z 2006-08-28T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of CO2 concentrations from oxygen isotopes in air trapped in the Taylor Dome (Antarctica) ice core from 20 to 60 kyr BP. The data set consists of depth (m), ice age (kyr BP ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_BYRD -120.0,-80.0,-120.0,-80.0 2003-10-29T05:00:00Z

The N2O data consists of three files: - N2O data from the GRIP (Greenland) ice core covering the last glacial-interglacial transition. - N2O data from the GRIP ice core covering Dansgaard-Oeschger ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_N2O_BYRD -120.0,-80.0,-120.0,-80.0-70.0,60.0,-20.0,85.0 2003-10-29T05:00:00Z

Nitrous oxide (N2O) records from the Byrd (Antarctica) 1968 ice core spans the period 43,000 - 800 BP. The N2O record for the Dye 3 ice core in Greenland covers the period from 1781 - 1947 (A.D.). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_CH4_SIPLE -83.0,-75.0,-83.0,-75.0 2003-10-29T05:00:00Z

Ice cores drilled at Siple Station (Antarctica) for 200-m depth were analyzed for CH4 concentrations for the period 1771-1956. Two different methods were used for extracting air in the ice core (dry ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K025_2011_2012_NZ_3 165.54144,-78.01649,165.55963,-78.01431 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z 2012-06-11T04:00:00Z

Microbial biodiversity and community dynamics within and between selected melt water ponds near Bratina Is will help to identify environmental drivers within ponds. Research will examine the metabolic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]estantex -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 2003-07-10T04:00:00Z

Estonia acceded to the Antarctic Treaty on May 17, 2001. On March 19, 2002 Estonian Polar Research Committee adopted the preliminary program for starting national Antarctic activities. The first ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]INODC_MBT_XBT_DBT 50.0,-60.0,125.0,15.0 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-08-02T04:00:00Z

File contains the data (temperature versus depth) received form the US NODC on XBT, MBT for the Indian Ocean including the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Laccadive Sea and Andaman & Nicobar Seas. Also ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASC_VERN_IONOSONDE -64.0,-65.0,-64.0,-65.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-05-19T04:00:00Z

Ionosphere sounding is carried out using the semi-automatic station ISP-42. This is a radar system for impulse radio sounding of the ionosphere in the height interval up to 800 km at frequencies 1.0-22.6 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPY-ukraine 180.0,-80.0,40.0,-40.0 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-31T00:00:00Z 2010-02-16T05:00:00Z

Classification of atmospheric circulation by types ranged by their probability is carried out by means of statistically distinguished MSLP and geopotential fields. The most detail classification is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]wind_incursions 110.0,-67.0,111.0,-66.0 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1989-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-04-10T04:00:00Z

This dataset is one of a number of datasets containing geomorphological data relating to the Windmill Islands, Wilkes Land, Antarctica. The dataset comprises a digital line coverage representing contour ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_1329 -180.0,-70.0,180.0,-54.0 2001-09-30T00:00:00Z 2004-03-31T00:00:00Z 2011-05-10T04:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1329 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project---- The Antarctic Circumpolar Wave is a mode of high latitude ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EURIMAGE_RESURS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

Eurimage is bridging the gap between AVHRR's 1 km resolution and Landsat TM's 30 metres with data obtained from the RESURS-O1-3 satellite from Russia. Launched in November 1994, this third satellite ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SIPEX_II_Waves 121.0,-63.0,130.0,-60.5 2012-09-23T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T00:00:00Z 2013-05-10T04:00:00Z

Antarctic sea-ice is highly influenced by the dynamic nature of the Southern Ocean. Ocean waves can propagate from tens to hundreds of kilometres into sea-ice, leaving behind a wake of broken ice ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EURIMAGE_JERS -15.0,-90.0,45.0,90.0 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-09-02T04:00:00Z

The Japanese Earth Resources Satellite was launched in February 1992. It carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument (L-band) and a 7 band optical sensor package covering the near ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_SO_CONVECTION -75.0,-80.0,0.0,-58.0 2005-04-19T04:00:00Z

[from "http://www.belspo.be/belspo/antar/orp/h01_uk.stm"] The project aims at working out a mathematical model able to provide, at the regional scale of the Weddell Sea, an accurate representation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_CRUSTACEANS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

Description and evaluation of the role of biodiversity of the macrobenthos, in particular of the peracarid crustaceans, in the structure and functioning of the Antarctic coastal and shelf ecosystem. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_SO_ECOSYSTEM 2008-06-04T04:00:00Z

[from "http://www.belspo.be/belspo/antar/orp/b21-23_uk.stm"] The research consists of a multidisciplinary study of the biodiversity and productivity of the global ecosystem of the Southern Ocean ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_ICE_CAP_MASS_BALANCE -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2006-05-10T04:00:00Z

This study makes part of the EPICA project (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica) which falls under the international research effort developed during the last decades in order to try to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_CARBON_DYN 2005-01-18T05:00:00Z

This research attempts to determine the role - CO2 source or sink - of the Southern Ocean on a regional and seasonal scale by implementing an integrated multidisciplinary approach which combines in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_BIOGEOCHEM 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-15T04:00:00Z

The purpose of this project is to determine the role of the coastal zone and the deep sea ecosystems in the productivity and energy fluxes in the Southern Ocean. In the Antarctic, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_BE_BA_BIOGEOCHEM -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-10-13T04:00:00Z

The above research on barium biogeochemistry involves the following: - Studies on the variability Antarctic Bottom Water formation; - Studies on the spatial variability primary production; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HMO-PSWS_PPM_SNAOVH1 -2.83058,-71.67443,-2.83058,-71.67443 2008-01-08T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-22T04:00:00Z

Absolute magnetic field studies at SANAE IV, Antarctica, are conducted with a GSM-19W high sensitivity proton magnetometer sensor, using the Overhauser effect to detect the absolute magnetic field. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IDN_NOD_AMD_UY_ARCH_2006 2006-06-05T04:00:00Z

Responsible: Dr Antonio Lezama, Lic. Virginia Pereira, Bach. Ezequiel Fern?ndez. The present project raises the accomplishment of an archaeological investigation in the Peninsula of Fildes. The low ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IDN_NOD_AMD_UY_SGM 2006-06-22T04:00:00Z

Goals: 1. To densify the geodetic infrastructure established from the permanent observatories; and 2. To develop a deformation model for surface movement vectors within a common Antarctic reference ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IDN_NOD_AMD_UY_TERM 2006-06-08T04:00:00Z

The objective of this activity is to study the lost of heat and the difference of temperature in the Artigas Uruguayan Antarctic Base using infrared technology. Thermography is the use of an infrared ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IDN_NOD_AMD_UY_SGMKGIS 2006-06-22T04:00:00Z

Goal: To provide an integrated geographic database of King George Island for use by all countries and in multi-disciplinary applications. Activities: 1. Continue obtaining and integrating data 2. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HMO-PSWS_GISTM_MAR_GOG_SNA -18.0,-83.0,46.0,-35.0 2007-04-05T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2008-09-22T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2007-01-14T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-22T04:00:00Z

Ionospheric Scintillation observations at GPS (L-band) frequencies, as measured with the Novatel GSV4004B GPS Ionospheric and Total Electron Content Monitor (GISTM). The data format is proprietary ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IDN_NOD_AMD_UY_OZONO -58.9025,-62.1844,-58.9025,-62.1844 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-07-26T04:00:00Z

Ozone depletion, first detected in the 1970?s and generally greater at higher latitudes in winter and spring, has formed a ?hole? that could be as big as the U.S. area and as deep as 66% loss of total ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IDN_NOD_AMD_UY_ING 2007-02-25T05:00:00Z

Industrial enzymes are obtained from prokaryotes as well as unicelluar eucaryotics. Less than 5 % of all the microbial species have been isolated and characterized, therefore only a limited genetic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HMO-PSWSS_NADSFS1 -2.82993,-71.67464,-2.82993,-71.67464 2008-01-17T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-07-22T04:00:00Z

Vector magnetic field studies at SANAE IV, Antarctica, are conducted with a FGE suspended magnetometer, manufactured by the Danish Meteorological Institute. It is a In Situ land based application ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_UY_Psycology_2004 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-10-16T04:00:00Z

This research began with observations and sampling during the 1994/95 Antarctic Campaign. The human behavior index of adaptability to the social mean and environment, and different personality ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMD_UY-Glaciology2004 65.917,-73.683,65.917,-73.683 2005-01-11T05:00:00Z

Implementation of experimental pilot catchment areas for measuring continuous glacier discharge (output time series) and relation with meteorological parameters (input time series).

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_CCRS_Globesar2Argentina -74.0,-55.0,-54.0,-22.0 1997-01-05T00:00:00Z 2001-03-31T00:00:00Z 2008-02-12T05:00:00Z

Building on the success of previous radar data programs, GlobeSAR-2 is a four-year geomatics technology transfer program focused on the use of RADARSAT for improved natural resource management in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ECA012 1997-11-30T00:00:00Z 1998-02-07T00:00:00Z 2010-06-18T04:00:00Z

The spatial distribution of ?-HCH and the net direction of air/water gas exchange were determined between November 1997 and February 1998. Air and water samples were collected between South Atlantic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ifremer -104.29,-53.34,168.36,77.01 1967-08-01T00:00:00Z 2001-07-19T00:00:00Z 2009-10-14T04:00:00Z

The Biocean database was designed to gather the extremely large volume of data collected from different deep-sea ecosystem studies conducted by Ifremer's department of "Environnement Profond" and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Rimfrost -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1720-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2006-05-10T04:00:00Z

Rimfrost is a 100% free of charge website containing temperature measurements from more than 500 observation stations worldwide. These have been chosen, so that from both a national and a global perspective, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NPI_00157 -2.0,-76.0,15.0,-70.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2002-07-06T04:00:00Z

Within the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) two deep ice cores from the Antarctic ice sheet will be retrieved by 2005. The first one is currently being drilled at Dome Concordia ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NPI_00158 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 1889-12-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2002-07-06T04:00:00Z

In the near-coastal regions of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, below-surface ice-melt in blue-ice areas has been observed. The low scattering coefficients of the large-grained blue-ice, allow penetration ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NPI_00156 -3.0,-72.0,6.0,-69.0 2000-12-23T00:00:00Z 2001-01-26T00:00:00Z 2007-04-11T04:00:00Z

Seismic spot depth measurements of ice and water column thickness below Fimbulisen. The dataset consists of 183 reflection measurements of ice and water column thickness, and 12 refraction measurements ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EURIMAGE_LANDSAT -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Eurimage distributes, in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Landsat data received at the following European Space Agency (ESA) ground receiving stations: Fucino ...