Adjusted Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall and Rainfall for Canada (1874-1990)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set was distributed by NSIDC until October, 2003, when it was withdrawn from distribution because it duplicates the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) data set TD-9816 'Canadian Monthly Precipitation' (Groisman, P.Y. 1998. National Climatic Data Center Data Documentation for TD-9816, Canadian Monthly Precipitation. National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 21 pp.). TD-9816 contains monthly rainfall, snowfall and precipitation (the sum of rainfall and snowfall) values from 6,692 stations in Canada. NCDC investigator Pavel Groisman obtained the original data from the Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) in the early 1990s and adjusted the measurements to account for inconsistencies and changes in instrumentation over the period of record. TD-9816 contains both the original and adjusted data. Related data are the Historical Adjusted Climate Database for Canada, Version December 2002, and Rehabilitated Precipitation and Homogenized Temperature Data Sets provided by the Climate Monitoring and Data Interpretation Division's Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada. Monthly Rehabilitated Precipitation and Homogenized Temperature Data Sets (updated annually) includes an alternative version of this data set using different correction methods. It is distributed by the Meteorological Service of Canada, who also provides a Microsoft Word document that compares the two different data correction methods.
Citation
Title Adjusted Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall and Rainfall for Canada (1874-1990)
publication  Date   2000-01-01
edition Date 2000-01-01
cited responsible party - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199
Address
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org
cited responsible party - custodian
individual Name NOAA User Services
organisation Name  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199 x
Address
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > Canada
Geographic Region > Arctic
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Discipline keywords:
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Cover
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System
ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
Adjusted Data
Canada
Canadian Arctic
Corrected Data
Evaporation Loss
Ground Stations
Instrumental Inhomogeneities
Mean Monthly Precipitation
Mean Monthly Rainfall
MEAN MONTHLY SNOWFALL
Nipher Rain Gauge
Nipher Snow Gauge
NOAA
Rainfall Adjustment
Snowfall Adjustment
Snow Ruler
Station Data
Trace Precipitation
Wetting Loss
Wind-induced Undercatch
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  complete
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
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -141
eastBoundLongitude  -52
northBoundLatitude  84
southBoundLatitude  41
Temporal Extent
18740101 19901231
Credits:
P. Groisman. 2000. Adjusted Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall and Rainfall for Canada (1874-1990). [indicate subset used]. Asheville, North Carolina USA: National Climatic Data Center.
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Pavel YA. Groisman
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 704 271-4307
Address
National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, 28801 Country USA
electronic Mail Address pgroisman@ncdc.noaa.gov
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Mark C. Serreze
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199
Address
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address serreze@nsidc.org
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Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199
Address
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org
Distributor
distributor contact - custodian
individual Name NOAA User Services
organisation Name  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199 x
Address
National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Format
Format name ASCII Text (.txt)
Format version 
specification > FTP 45 MB
Digital Transfer Options
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name  onLine
density 45
density Units B
medium Note FTP

Metadata data stamp:  2015-08-13
Metadata contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name Pavel YA. Groisman
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 704 271-4307
Address
National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, 28801 Country USA
electronic Mail Address pgroisman@ncdc.noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata hierarchy level name:  Adjusted Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall and Rainfall for Canada (1874-1990)
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
standard version:  ISO 19115:2003
Metadata record identifier:  noaa.ncei.nsidc.NSIDC-0072
URI for dataset described: > http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0072.html

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)