Active Layer Monitoring, Arctic and Subarctic Canada, Version 6

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This project involves measuring regional and site variability in maximum annual active layer development and vertical surface movement over permafrost, and monitoring sites over time in order to observe trends. The project records maximum thaw penetration, maximum heave and subsidence, late season snow depths, current depth of thaw, elevation, and soil properties. Some sites are twinned with soil- and air-temperature recording equipment. The project includes about 60 monitoring stations extending from Fort Simpson, Canada, in the upper Mackenzie River valley to the Beaufort Sea coast at North Head, Richards Island, Canada. Ten of the sites are part of the IPA's Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program. CALM site numbers are in parentheses after the site names: North Head (C3), Taglu (C4), Lousy Point (C5), Reindeer Depot (C7), Rengleng River (C8), Mountain River (C9), Norman Wells (C11), Ochre River (C13), Willowlake River (C14), and Fort Simpson (C15). See the CALM Program Web page for geographic coordinates and site history for all CALM sites. These data are the property of the people of Canada and the responsibility of the Geological Survey of Canada. If published, adequate acknowledgment is expected. Please contact F. M. Nixon regarding use of the data set or access to the extended data.
Citation
Title Active Layer Monitoring, Arctic and Subarctic Canada, Version 6
publication  Date   2003-05-22
Edition 6
edition Date 2003-05-22
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Nixon, F. Mark
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > Canada > NONE > NONE > Arctic and Subarctic Canada, including 10 Canadian
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Freeze/Thaw
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Freeze/Thaw
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Periglacial Processes
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Periglacial Processes
EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth
EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
EARTH SCIENCE > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Topography > Terrain Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
Island
River
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Hydrologic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Cryosphere
Hydrosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Hydrosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Geography
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Continent
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Permafrost
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > glacial feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Movement
Current
Coast
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Soil
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Elevation
River Valley
Mountain
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Vertical
Air Temperature
North
Frozen
Temperature
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Geological Survey of Canada
University of British Columbia
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Survey
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Snow
thesaurus name >
Title Process > Atmospheric Process
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:35:31 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -134.95
eastBoundLongitude  -121.6
northBoundLatitude  69.717
southBoundLatitude  61.883
Temporal Extent
1991-01-01T00:00:00.000Z 2007-12-31T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name F. Mark Nixon
organisation Name  Geological Survey of Canada
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 613 992 2469
Fax 1 613 992 0190
Address
191- 601 rue Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8 Country Canada
electronic Mail Address mnixon@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name R. Mackay
organisation Name  University of British Columbia
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 604 822 2663
Fax 1 604 822 6150
Address
217-1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2 Country Canada
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  FGDC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  FGDC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
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Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
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Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name FTP
URL: http://nsidc.org/forms/GGD353_or.html?major_version=6
link function function
Description Direct download, with optional registration page.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/fgdc/ggd353_activlayer_canada/index.html
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
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Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2003-05-22
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Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2012-09-18
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Metadata data stamp:  2012-09-18
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  Active Layer Monitoring, Arctic and Subarctic Canada
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  Active Layer Monitoring, Arctic and Subarctic Canada, Version 6

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)