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Arctic Climatology Project - EWG Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas

Entry ID: G01938

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Summary

Abstract: The Environmental Working Group (EWG) was established in June 1995 under the framework of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. In January 1996, the EWG Arctic Climatology Group took on the task of compiling digital data on arctic regions to expand scientific understanding of the Arctic. This work resulted in a set of three atlases on CD-ROM for arctic ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Detailed information about EWG CD-ROMS.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 60.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Arctic Climatology Project, edited by F. Fetterer and V. Radionov

Dataset Title: Arctic Climatology Project - Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas

Dataset Release Date: 2000-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data Presentation Form: CD-ROM

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/G01938.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

Platform

NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

SEASTAR > Orbital Sciences Corporation OrbView-2 Satellite

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

SEAWIFS > Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Code 610

Data Center

Hydrological Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/hsb/
Dataset ID: OSB-PhytoplanktonPatagonianShelf97-07

Data Center Personnel
Name: DR. CHARLES R. MCCLAIN Phone: 301-286-5377 Fax: 301-286-0268 Email: Charles.R.McClain at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Publications/References

Signorini S.R., V.M.T. Garcia, A.R. Piola, H. Evangelista, C.R. McClain, C.A.E. Garica, and M.M. Mata, An Anomalous Phytoplankton Bloom in the Patagonian Shelf: A 10-year Event Observed by Ocean Color Satellites, Continental Shelf Research, in Review, 2008.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-12-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-12-07

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