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Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions

Entry ID: ggd318

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Summary

Abstract: The Circum-Arctic permafrost and ground ice map is available via ftp in ESRI Shapefile format and Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) format. See the Format section for an explanation of the files provided via ftp. The circumpolar permafrost and ground ice data contribute to a unified international data set that depicts the distribution and properties of permafrost and ground ice in the ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: 28.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Brown, J., O.J. Ferrians, Jr., J.A. Heginbottom, and E.S. Melnikov.

Dataset Title: Circum-arctic map of permafrost and ground ice conditions

Dataset Release Date: 2002-02-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder, CO

Version: 2

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR > CIRCUMPOLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE

LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Ancillary Keywords

Boreholes

Continuous Permafrost

Data Center

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

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/
Dataset ID: GGD318

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

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC 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: 24 MB

Distribution Format: ESRI shapefiles

Fees: None

Personnel

J. ALAN HEGINBOTTOM

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 613-992-7813

Fax: 613-992-2468

Email: heginbottom at gsc.emr.ca

Contact Address:

Natural Resources Canada

Terrain Science Division

601 Booth Street

City: Ottawa

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: K1A 0E8

Country: Canada

JERRY BROWN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 508-457-4982

Fax: 508-457-4982

Email: jerrybrown at igc.apc.org

Contact Address:

International Permafrost Association

PO Box 7

City: Woods Hole

Province or State: MA

Postal Code: 02543

Country: USA

OSCAR FERRIANS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

E. S. MELNIKOV

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 7-095-135-9828

Fax: 7-095-135-6582

Email: emelnikov at mtu-net.ru

Contact Address:

Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch

Laboratory of Geocryological Prediction and Informatics of Earth Cryosphere Inst

Vavilov Str. 30/6-74a

City: Moscow

Postal Code: GSP-1, 119

Country: Russia

Publications/References

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