International Ice Patrol (IIP) Iceberg Sightings Database

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
The International Ice Patrol (IIP) has been collecting information on iceberg activity in the North Atlantic since 1911. This database contains the data from these sightings from 1960 through most current processing. The IIP data files include latitude and longitude of sighted icebergs, coded iceberg size and shape class, and date and time of the sighting. The IIP area of responsibility is 40 N to 65 N and 39 W to 57 W. Note, the IIP area of responsibility prior to 2006 was 40 N to 52 N and 39 W to 57 W. Data are in space-delimited ASCII text files and are available via FTP.
Citation
Title International Ice Patrol (IIP) Iceberg Sightings Database
publication  Date   1995-01-01
edition Date 1995-01-01
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,oceans
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean
Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Discipline keywords:
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Icebergs
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Icebergs
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Icebergs
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Icebergs
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
Arctic
Current Meter
DRIFTING BUOY
Drifting Ice
Icebergs
Ice Buoy
International Ice Patrol
Surface Floats/drifters
Tiros Oceanographic Drifter
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  -57
eastBoundLongitude  -39
northBoundLatitude  65
southBoundLatitude  40
Temporal Extent
19600101 20141231
Credits:
1995, updated 2015. International Ice Patrol (IIP) Iceberg Sightings Database. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N56Q1V5R.
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199 x
Address
CIRES, 449 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@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
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
URL: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/NOAA/G00807
link function function
Description Data Access URL
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g00807_international_iceberg_sightings/index.html
link function function
Description Documentation URL
Medium of distribution
name  onLine
density Units 
medium Note FTP

Metadata data stamp:  2015-08-13
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
position Name none
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492-6199 x
Address
CIRES, 449 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
URL: http://nsidc.org
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata hierarchy level name:  International Ice Patrol (IIP) Iceberg Sightings Database
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.G00807
URI for dataset described: > http://nsidc.org/data/g00807.html

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)