Satellite Observations of Arctic Change, Version 1

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Resource Abstract:
The purpose of this site is to expose NASA satellite data and research on Arctic change in the form of maps that illustrate the changes taking place in the Arctic over time. A high-speed internet connection is recommended for map viewing. This site is presented with support from NASA Earth Sciences.
Citation
Title Satellite Observations of Arctic Change, Version 1
publication  Date   2014-04-10
Edition 1
edition Date 2014-04-10
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Address
449 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@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:
Geographic Region > Arctic
Ocean > Arctic Ocean
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Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
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EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature > Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent > Ice
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent > Ice
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Growth/Melt
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Reflectance
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Biomass
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Index
EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity > Water Vapor
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Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Earth Observation Satellites > AQUA
Balloons/Rockets > BALLOONS
Earth Observation Satellites > DMSP
Earth Observation Satellites > DMSP 5D-3/F17
In Situ Land-based Platforms > GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Earth Observation Satellites > NOAA-N
Earth Observation Satellites > Nimbus-7
Earth Observation Satellites > TERRA
Earth Observation Satellites > TIROS-N
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
RADIOMETERS
RADIOSONDES
SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
VHRR > Very High Resolution Radiometer
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
Theme keywords (theme):
Cryosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Hydrosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Science
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 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Frozen Ground
Cover
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
In Situ Land-based Platform
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATION
RADIOSONDES
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Platform
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
NASA
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 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Indexing
thesaurus name >
Title Method > information processing
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Water Vapor
Water
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
DMSP
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Satellite
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Planetary Structure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Observation
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 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 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Vegetation
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Biological Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Air Temperature
Frozen
Reflectance
Temperature
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Observation Satellite
TERRA
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Radiometer
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 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 22:52:07 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 22:52:07 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Atmosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Atmosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:52:07 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
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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
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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
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URL: http://nsidc.org
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Metadata data stamp:  2015-10-06
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
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Metadata record identifier:  Satellite Observations of Arctic Change, Version 1

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