Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-25T10:58:01Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 35 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASA_LIS_DATA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2012-09-04T04:00:00Z

The Land Information System (LIS) provides collection of sample data for demonstration of LIS code. The original source of each data set is given whenever possible. LIS does not endorse the validity, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ELOKA014 153.38806,66.850555,164.74167,71.24028 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

This data set includes oral history accounts from Indigenous people participating in the Snowchange project in Siberia, Russia. It provides geographic and environmental information from residents ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS166 30.8,42.7,180.0,68.9 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of seasonally frozen ground depth measurements based on soil temperatures in the Russian Arctic. Seasonal freezing and thawing processes in cold regions play a major role in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS040 -151.189,68.382,-148.089,70.539 1995-07-07T00:00:00Z 1997-08-20T00:00:00Z 2012-05-11T04:00:00Z

This data product contains field data measurements of air temperatures and thaw depth (active-layer thickness) measured at locations in north-central Alaska, and modelled values of air temperatures ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS103 -148.863,69.141,-148.84,69.149 1994-06-06T00:00:00Z 1994-07-17T00:00:00Z 2012-05-11T04:00:00Z

This data set contains measurements for permafrost active layer thaw depth and vegetation reflectance (red and near-infrared bandwidths) at the Happy Valley Flux Study Site in northern Alaska during ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_867 78.0,-68.0,78.0,-68.0 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z 1996-06-30T00:00:00Z 2011-12-19T05:00:00Z

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 867 See the link below for public details on this project. Dataset Sea-ice bacteria data are associated with ASAC_1012 and included there Data for bacteria ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00529 170.0,15.0,-60.0,72.0 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-21T04:00:00Z

Climatic Data for Frost Protected Shallow Foundations (FPSF) is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). A frost protected shallow foundation (FPSF) is a practical alternative ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd642 134.5333,69.5,134.5333,69.5 1979-08-21T00:00:00Z 1999-08-18T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

Thaw-depth data were collected annually in August from 21 August 1979 to 18 August 1999, from 400-m, 600-m, and tundra transects at Illisarvik lake, Richards Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd641 -180.0,45.0,180.0,90.0 1978-10-01T00:00:00Z 2004-06-30T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

This data set contains near-surface (< 5 cm) soil freeze/thaw status on snow-free and snow-covered land surfaces over the Arctic terrestrial drainage basin. The near-surface soil freeze/thaw status ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd402 65.5,66.0,74.0,72.5 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

This database of selected borehole records from the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, contains environmental descriptions (textual and numerical) of the units on the index map, and relevant borehole data. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd648 87.00179,40.607674,121.35476,52.229263 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

The map of Geocryology and Geocryological Zonation of Mongolia was derived from the National Atlas of Mongolia (Sodnom and Yanshin, 1990). The data set depicts the distribution and general properties ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd617 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 1999-04-30T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

The Ground Water Atlas of the United States includes summary information on permafrost in Alaska, and the relation of permafrost and ground water. The Atlas includes figures showing permafrost zones ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd603 73.45,18.19,135.09,53.48 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

This data set includes digital versions of 'The Map of Geocryological Regionalization and Classification in China' from Geocryology in China by Y. Zhou, D. Guo, G. Qiu, G. Cheng, and S. Li. Included ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd650 -180.0,0.0,180.0,90.0 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

This data set contains monthly values of the total exposed land area of seasonally frozen ground and annual values for intermittently frozen ground in the Northern Hemisphere. Seasonally frozen ground ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd482 19.25,-33.533,19.5,-33.417 1990-02-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

Micro-climatic monitoring of air and ground was started in 1990 to evaluate climatic controls on the present-day diurnal soil frost environment in the Western Cape mountains of South Africa. To this ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd498 -101.3,43.767,-90.183,48.833 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 1981-01-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

This dataset includes frost tube data from 37 stations in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin), USA. The responsible agency was the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd634 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-01-24T05:00:00Z

This map is an English language edition of a 16-sheet Russian map series of permafrost, for the period 1991-1996 (scale 1:2,500,000). The map sheets show distribution and mean annual temperature of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd1 -69.0,-32.0,-69.0,-32.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-30T05:00:00Z

This data set includes air and soil temperatures from the East Andean Range. The goals of the project were 1) to understand air and ground temperature variations as a function of elevation in seasonally ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd228 2010-12-29T05:00:00Z

This data set presents centrifuge modeling of ground freeze and thaw processes. Its primary relevance is to geotechnical/civil engineering, with application to heave, thaw consolidation, and heave ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd25 83.0,-85.5,156.0,-72.25 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2010-12-29T05:00:00Z

This data set includes the New Zealand National soils database, a comprehensive collection of data relating to Antarctic soils, permafrost, and frozen ground conditions. Data are from about 800 sites ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd9 -18.667,64.5,-18.667,64.5 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-29T05:00:00Z

This dataset documents a nine-year study to investigate the seasonal and annual dynamics of frozen ground and explore the relationship with environmental factors. The presence/absence of frozen ground ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd278 -72.177,44.422,-72.039,44.53 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-28T05:00:00Z

The frost tube network is located within a 3.25-square-mile sub-watershed of the Sleepers River Research Watershed near Danville, Vermont, USA. Tubes were positioned in forested and non-forested cover ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01175 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2010-12-23T05:00:00Z

The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM contains data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. CAPS was originally compiled by the International ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS110 -149.37,68.59,-149.26,68.63 1984-08-01T00:00:00Z 1985-09-04T00:00:00Z 2010-12-22T05:00:00Z

This data report is a summary of environmental, soil, and vegetation information collected from 73 study plots at the Department of Energy R4D research site, located near Imnavait Creek in northern ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS111 -149.37,68.59,-149.26,68.63 1984-08-01T00:00:00Z 1985-09-04T00:00:00Z 2010-12-17T05:00:00Z

This data report is a summary of environmental, soil, and vegetation information collected from 23 study plots at the Department of Energy R4D research site, located near Imnavait Creek in northern ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS112 -149.37,68.59,-149.26,68.63 1984-08-01T00:00:00Z 1987-05-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-15T05:00:00Z

Investigators classified typical and characterisic vegetation communities in an area in northern Alaska using Braun-Blanquet sorted table analysis, and mapped the communities using integrated geobotanical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS018 -149.67,68.61,-149.54,68.66 1989-08-01T00:00:00Z 1989-08-26T00:00:00Z 2010-12-15T05:00:00Z

This data set is a summary of environmental, soil, and vegetation information collected from 81 study plots at the Toolik Lake research site in northern Alaska. Data include site factors, soil classification, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K072_2008_2010_NZ_1 156.7814,-79.9172,163.1293,-77.6566162.4093,-77.73227,163.12521,-77.65465 2008-12-17T00:00:00Z 2009-01-27T00:00:00Z 2009-12-16T00:00:00Z 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z

This study aimed to understand the origin and dynamics of pedogenic carbonate in Antarctic soils, with a long-term view to understanding the formation of carbonate and the storage and turnover of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]TVcleanup_2002-2004 110.532,-66.284,110.534,-66.282 2003-01-13T00:00:00Z 2004-02-05T00:00:00Z 2010-07-28T04:00:00Z

Chemical assessment data for selected heavy metals determined for the abandoned waste disposal site at Thala Valley, Casey Station, over two seasons (pre- and during cleanup). 2002-03 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM -83.3,-68.7,-44.3,-60.5 1991-12-30T00:00:00Z 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z 2009-09-23T04:00:00Z

In English: This dataset contains registered data on studies carried out by the research group on Geology from the University Autonoma of Madrid (GEOANT). Data about geomorphology, neotectonics, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM_Geomorphology-Soils-Permafrost -68.1,-67.6,-44.3,-60.5 1991-12-30T00:00:00Z 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z 2009-09-23T04:00:00Z

In English: Data on geomorphology, soils and permafrost in the Antarctic Peninsula region from projects of the research group on geology of the University Autonoma of Madrid (GEOANT). General geomorphology, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GGD619 -180.0,45.0,180.0,90.0 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-08T05:00:00Z

This data set contains modeled daily thaw depth and freezing depth for the Arctic terrestrial drainage basin. Thaw and freezing depths were calculated over the study area with a resolution ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_FROZEN_GROUND_MARAMBIO_I -56.91,-64.33,-56.53,-64.1 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-06-05T04:00:00Z

English: Project No 17 2002-2004 The Marambio Island (Seymour) is situated in the continuous permafrost zone of the Antarctic Peninsula. The ground conditions at this island determinate the existence ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS036 -156.0,71.0,-156.0,71.0 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2005-08-10T04:00:00Z

This data set contains soil temperature, soil moisture, thaw depth, and snow depth data collected at test sites near Barrow, Alaska, during the following years: Soil temperature data - 1963-1966, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_MARAMBIO_RUNWAY_SURVEY -56.91,-64.33,-56.53,-64.1 2004-06-08T04:00:00Z

Here are submitted the results of a geotechnical survey carried out on the top plateau of Marambio (Seymour) Island, where Marambio base and its runway are located. The present runway frequently shows ...