Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-25T02:17:56Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 2501 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS319.1 -180.0,-87.159,180.0,87.159 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-24T04:00:00Z

The Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCMA) has developed several climate simulation models for use in projecting natural climate change and assessing the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS318.4 2013-05-24T04:00:00Z

This dataset contains outputs from climate models at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) for use in assessing the impact of increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS330.0 2006-10-01T00:00:00Z 2006-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

This datasets holds all 2006 TIGGE data archived on the NCAR MSS. The archive ranges from Oct 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2006. Ensemble model data are archived from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS330.1 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

This datasets holds all 2007 TIGGE data archived on the NCAR MSS. The archive ranges from Jan 1, 2006 to current available data. Ensemble model data are archived from the European Center for Medium-Range ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS233.5 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Seasonal longterm climatology of sea ice thickness in the arctic digitized by Benjamin Felzer from Bourke and Garrett maps from submarine underice sonar profiles.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS862.0 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Northern Hemisphere present and 18,000 years before present, sea surface temperature, elevation, vegetation, soil type, and glacial ice from the CLIMAP project. Course resolution boundary conditions ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS318.3 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

The second generation General Circulation Model (GCMII) at the Canadian Climate Centre was used to run a CO2 experiment in which the current climate (1xCO2) was compared with ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS117.0 -180.0,-89.142,180.0,89.142 1957-09-01T00:00:00Z 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

The ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA40) is a global atmospheric analysis of many conventional observations and satellite data streams for the period Sept,1957- Aug,2002. There are numerous data products that ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS124.0 1957-09-01T00:00:00Z 2002-08-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

DS124.0 represents a dataset implemented and computed by NCAR's Data Support Section, and forms an essential part of efforts undertaken in late 2004, early 2005, to produce ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS126.0 1957-09-01T00:00:00Z 2002-08-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

DS126.0 represents a dataset implemented and computed by NCAR's Data Support Section, and forms an essential part of efforts undertaken in late 2004, early 2005, to produce ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS070.0 -139.856,16.2809,-53.2158,58.3655 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z 2009-04-15T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

This dataset contains the FSL MAPS analyses on their native (hybrid-b) coordinate system.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS063.0 -180.0,-4.86089,180.0,90.0 1963-08-01T00:00:00Z 1972-12-01T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

NMC operationally produced these daily gridded Northern Hemisphere analyses of various tropospheric levels for the period August 1963 to December 1972. Parameters include upper-level ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_DS277.7 -180.0,-89.875,180.0,89.875 1981-09-01T00:00:00Z 2010-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z

Two new high resolution sea surface temperature (SST) analysis products have been developed by NOAA NCDC using optimum interpolation (OI). The analyses have a spatial grid ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DOKIPY_Chinare2008 -148.0,84.5,-144.0,85.5 2008-08-20T00:00:00Z 2008-08-29T00:00:00Z 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z

Spectral albedo measurements on sea ice during the third CHINARE expedition with the Chinese ice breaker MS Xuelong in the Chukchi Sea from 20 to 29 August 2008. Each measurement type (incident, reflected) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DAMOC_edge -180.0,31.0883,179.926,89.9347 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z 2099-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z

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http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DAMOC_type -180.0,31.0883,179.926,89.9347 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z 2099-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z

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http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]DAMOC_conc -180.0,31.0883,179.926,89.9347 2006-05-01T00:00:00Z 2099-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z

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http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PODAAC-ERS1B-SNEN0 -180.0,-79.7,180.0,88.2 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-05-17T00:00:00Z 2013-05-16T04:00:00Z

This European Remote Sensing (ERS) Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PODAAC-ERS2B-SNEN0 -180.0,-79.7,180.0,88.2 1996-06-03T00:00:00Z 2001-01-30T00:00:00Z 2013-05-16T04:00:00Z

This European Remote Sensing (ERS) Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]1_250_LULC -125.0,25.0,-67.0,48.0 1981-04-28T00:00:00Z 1992-03-04T00:00:00Z 2013-05-14T04:00:00Z

The National Mapping Program, a component of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), produces and distributes land use and land cover maps and digitized data for the conterminous U.S. and Hawaii. Land ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SIPEX_II_Ice_Floe_Survey 113.0,-66.0,147.0,-42.0 2012-09-26T00:00:00Z 2012-11-08T00:00:00Z 2013-05-08T04:00:00Z

These data were collected to provide a spatial context for activities on SIPEX-2. Please see the document 'SIPEX II ice floe surveying report' for more detail. Files generated and stored in this dataset ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSF-ANT08-39053 -89.866,-77.583,165.7,-67.05 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-06T04:00:00Z

Several aspect of the seasonal melting and reformation cycle of Antarctic sea ice appear to be divergent from those occurring in the Arctic. This is most clearly demonstrated by the dramatic diminishing ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]joughin_0631973 -124.8,-80.8,-86.7,-73.9 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-02T04:00:00Z

This data set includes radar-derived annual accumulation rates over Thwaites Glacier between 1980 and 2009 and a gridded climatology (1985-2009) of snow accumulation over Pine Island and Thwaites ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_DOQ -126.0,24.0,-66.0,49.0 2013-05-02T04:00:00Z

A Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle (DOQ) is a computer-generated image of an aerial photograph in which the image displacement caused by terrain relief and camera tilt has been removed. The DOQ combines ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_AEBASSC_2011 2011-07-10T00:00:00Z 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

Understanding snowmelt movement to the watershed is crucial for both climate change and hydrological studies because the snowmelt is a significant component of groundwater and surface runoff in temperature ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_EIWPFG_KGI_2006 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

The distribution of small fractures and water content of the Fourcade glacier on King George Island, Antarctica, was investi- gated in November 2006 and December 2007 by two ground-based (470- and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_GPRIGL_ANTARCTIC_1997 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

With the aim of global environmental monitoring we carried out GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) surveys at the Livingston Island in Antarctica. Research area is near the Mt. Charra (340 m) in Livingston ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_HBGTR_ANTARCTIC_2006 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z 2006-11-30T00:00:00Z 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

To determine subglacial topography and internal features of the Fourcade Glacier on King George Island in Antarctica, helicopter-borne and ground-towed ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data were recorded ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_STGEMC_KSJ_2006 2013-05-01T04:00:00Z

Glacier changes in Marian Cove, King George Island (KGI) were investigated on the basis of observed and modeled data. Air temperature observations for the past 51 years recorded at the Russian Bellingshausen ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_DMMSIES_2012 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z 2012-10-26T00:00:00Z 2013-04-19T04:00:00Z

Chemical and isotopic variations of snowmelt provide important clues for understanding snowmelt processes and the timing and contribution of snowmelt to catchment or watershed in spring. The newly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]KPDC_VNMST_2012 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z 2013-04-19T04:00:00Z

Snowmelt from seasonal snow covers can be significant in many environments of northern and alpine areas. Water flow and chemical transport resulting from snowmelt have been studied for an understanding ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0558 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.5033 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-17T04:00:00Z

Killed: Persons confirmed as dead and persons missing and presumed dead. Disaster: Situation or event, which overwhelms local capacity, necessitating a request to national or international level ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00526 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z

LTMS will build on and extend BAS's past collection of long-term time-series of key environmental variables. Examples include the ongoing collection of the temperature record which shows that the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00510 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z

To determine how the climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene (last 10,000 years) is related to global scale patterns and trends, in order to understand the significance of current environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ANARE-98 77.962,-68.581,78.062,-68.542 1993-09-30T00:00:00Z 1994-03-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-05T04:00:00Z

From the abstract of the referenced publication: Five possible runway sites have been proposed within 4 km of Davis on the northwestern part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Most are on on thin, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MOD29E1DV5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-04-04T04:00:00Z

MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent and IST Daily L3 Global 4km EASE-Grid Day (MOD29E1D) data set contains fields for sea ice by reflectance and Ice Surface Temperature (IST). Each data granule covers the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]bell_0636883 20.0,-90.0,50.0,-75.0 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z 2013-04-04T04:00:00Z

This award support a project to study the role that subglacial water plays in the overall stability of major ice sheets.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00518 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z

GEACEP will investigate the relationship between the evolution of Antarctic ice and the changing global environment over the last ~30 million years (My). We will do so through collecting and combining ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00521 2013-03-29T04:00:00Z

Current predictions of sea level rise do not correctly quantify contributions from Antarctica. Some sectors of the Antarctic ice sheet are showing considerable rates of change; are these changes a ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]gis283 77.45,-68.97,78.4,-68.31110.14,-66.57,110.71,-65.97 2003-01-13T00:00:00Z 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z 2013-03-26T04:00:00Z

The Australian Antarctic Data Centre digitises on-screen fast ice features from satellite images as required for Australian Antarctic division scientists Dr Jonny Stark and Dr Martin Riddle and will ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]gis309 58.01,-74.591,146.34,-57.11 2009-12-16T00:00:00Z 2011-02-20T00:00:00Z 2013-03-26T04:00:00Z

The Australian Antarctic Data Centre digitises on-screen topographic features from satellite images as required for various projects and applications. Features digitised include the ice shelves, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00508 2013-03-25T04:00:00Z

We will conduct year-round atmospheric chemistry measurements at Halley of key oxidants (OH, HO2, NO, O3, CO, Js), to study the role of the snowpack in determining the oxidant system. This will be ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_3026_SIPEX 116.83,-65.55,127.95,-64.22 2007-09-11T00:00:00Z 2007-10-07T00:00:00Z 2013-03-25T04:00:00Z

This work was completed as part of the SIPEX - Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem eXperiment - voyage. Adapted from the SPIEX website: During SIPEX we investigated the biogeochemistry of iron (Fe), including ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_3026_Casey 110.6,-66.3,110.7,-66.2 2009-11-10T00:00:00Z 2009-12-02T00:00:00Z 2013-03-25T04:00:00Z

Public Description of the Project This project will assess the importance of the trace micro-nutrient element iron to Antarctic sea-ice algal communities during the International Polar Year (2007-2009). ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00511 2013-03-22T04:00:00Z

COMPLEXITY will apply new mathematical methods to data sets drawn from across the GSAC programme to reveal previously hidden underlying patterns and laws, and to develop new mathematical models to ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MYD10C2V5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z

The MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MYD10C2) data set contains snow cover and Quality Assessment (QA) data, latitudes and longitudes in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MYD10A2V5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z

The MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MYD10A2) data set contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an eight-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence observations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MYD10C1V5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2002-07-04T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z

The MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG (MYD10C1) data set contains snow cover and Quality Assessment (QA) data, latitudes and longitudes in compressed Hierarchical Data Format-Earth ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MOD29P1DV5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z

MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent Daily L3 Global 1km EASE-Grid Day (MOD29P1D) data set contains fields for Sea Ice by Reflectance, Sea Ice by Reflectance Spatial QA, Ice Surface Temperature (IST), and Ice ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MOD10A2V5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-03-13T04:00:00Z

The MODIS/Terra Snow Cover 8-Day L3 Global 500m Grid (MOD10A2) data set contains data fields for maximum snow cover extent over an eight-day compositing period and a chronology of snow occurrence ...