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

Entry ID: NSIDC-0072

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Summary

Abstract: This data set was distributed by NSIDC until October, 2003, when it was withdrawn from distribution because it duplicates the NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) data set TD-9816 'Canadian Monthly Precipitation' (Groisman, P.Y. 1998.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 ...

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Description: Former Soviet Union Monthly Precipitation Archive, 1891-1993

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 84.0	S: 41.0	E: -52.0	W: -141.0
Min Altitude: 0 M Max Altitude: 2517 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: P. Groisman

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

Dataset Release Date: 2000-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

Online Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1874-01-01

Stop Date: 1990-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

RAIN GAUGES

SNOW MEASURING ROD

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

Adjusted Data

Canada

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: ftp

Distribution Size: approximately 45MB

Distribution Format: ASCII fixed text format

Personnel

PAVEL YA. GROISMAN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 704-271-4307

Email: pgroisman at ncdc.noaa.gov

Contact Address:

National Climatic Data Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

City: Asheville

Province or State: NC

Postal Code: 28801

Country: USA

MARK C. SERREZE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (303) 492-6199

Fax: (303) 492-2468

Email: serreze at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Publications/References

Driscoll, D.G., 1992, Plan of study for the Black Hills Hydrology Study, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-84, 10 p.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-06-22

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