AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support for this data set may be limited. This data set contains snow pit data collected over sea ice in the Barrow, Alaska, USA area and nearby at the Navy Ice Camp in the main pack ice of the Arctic Ocean.
Citation
Title AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data, Version 1
publication  Date   2009-10-22
Edition 1
edition Date 2009-10-22
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Matthew Sturm
organisation Name  
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 907 353 5183
Fax 1 907 353 5142
Address
USA-CRREL-AlaskaP.O. Box 35170, Ft. Wainwright, AK, 99703-0170 Country 
electronic Mail Address msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name Julienne Stroeve
organisation Name  CIRES
Contact information
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309 Country 
electronic Mail Address stroeve@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Ocean > Arctic Ocean > Beaufort Sea
Continent > North America > United States Of America > Alaska
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Depth Hoar
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Depth Hoar
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Density
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Density
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Stratigraphy
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Stratigraphy
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Water Equivalent
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Water Equivalent
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
In Situ Land-based Platforms > GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
BALANCE
CORING DEVICES
SNOW DENSITY CUTTER
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
project Keywords
AMSRIce03 > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Product Validation
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
Hydrosphere
Cryosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Hydrosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Stratigraphy
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
In Situ Land-based Platform
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATION
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Platform
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 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 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
NSIDC
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Validation
thesaurus name >
Title Method > information processing
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Water
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
CAMP
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ocean
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Sea Ice
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > glacial feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Density
North
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
CORING DEVICE
SNOW DENSITY CUTTER
BALANCE
Radiometer
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:49:04 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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 22:49:04 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 22:49:04 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  -156.4
eastBoundLongitude  -156.15
northBoundLatitude  71.28
southBoundLatitude  71.18
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -147.65
eastBoundLongitude  -147.5
northBoundLatitude  72.95
southBoundLatitude  72.9
Temporal Extent
2003-03-03T00:00:00.000Z 2003-03-23T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Matthew Sturm
organisation Name  
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 907 353 5183
Fax 1 907 353 5142
Address
USA-CRREL-AlaskaP.O. Box 35170, Ft. Wainwright, AK, 99703-0170 Country 
electronic Mail Address msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Julienne Stroeve
organisation Name  CIRES
Contact information
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309 Country 
electronic Mail Address stroeve@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - pointOfContact
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
CIRES, 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 - 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
point of contact - originator
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Reference system information

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 HTTPS
URL: https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/AVDM/data/cryosphere/AMSRIce03/ground_data/snowpits/
link function function
Description Direct download via HTTPS protocol.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0429_amsrice03_snow_pit/pdf/nsidc0429_amsrice03_snow_pit.pdf
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > FTP 3 KB
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Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > HTTPS 3 KB

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ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2009-10-22
parentEntity 
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2015-10-22
parentEntity 
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Metadata data stamp:  2015-10-22
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:  AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data
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:  AMSRIce03 Snow Pit Data, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)