Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Data Sets

Services / Tools

Ancillary Descriptions

Are you using a browser that doesn't support JavaScript or have you disabled JavaScript?

If you have disabled JavaScript, you must re-enable JavaScript to use this page.
Or you can view this record using the Text Only Format.

Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Christopher Shuman, Charles Stearns

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name:
Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Boulder, CO USA
Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0097.html

Description:

Abstract:: This data set includes daily, monthly, and yearly mean surface air temperatures for four interior West Antarctic sites between 1978 and 1997. Data include air surface temperatures measured at the Byrd, Lettau, Lynn, and Siple Station automatic weather stations. In addition, because weather stations in Antarctica are difficult to maintain, and resulting multi-decade records are often incomplete, the investigators also calculated surface temperatures from satellite passive microwave brightness temperatures. Calibration of 37-GHz vertically polarized brightness temperature data during periods of known air temperature, using emissivity modeling, allowed the investigators to replace data gaps with calibrated brightness temperatures. MS Excel data files and GIF images derived from the data are available via ftp from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Maslanik, J.A., J.R. Key, and R.G. Barry. 1989. Merging AVHRR and SMMR data for remote sensing of ice and cloud in polar regions. International Journal of Remote Sensing 10:1691-1696. Shuman, C.A., R.B. Alley, S. Anandakrishnan, and C.R. Stearns. 1995. An empirical technique for estimating near-surface air temperatures in central Greenland from SSM/I brightness temperatures. Remote Sensing of the Environment 51:245-252. Shuman, C.A., and C.R. Stearns. 2001. Decadal-length composite inland West Antarctic temperature records. Journal of Climate 14:1977-1988. Stearns, C.R., L.M. Keller, G.A. Weidner, and M. Sievers. 1993. Monthly Mean Climatic Data for Antarctic Automatic Weather Stations. American Geophysical Union Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 61:1-21. Stearns, C.R., and G.A. Weidner. 1993. Sensible and Latent Heat Flux Estimates in the Antarctic. American Geophysical Union Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 61:109-138.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19781025
Ending_Date: 19971231

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -174.45
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -174.45
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.52
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.52

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.4
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -119.4
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.01
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.01

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -84.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.9
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.9

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: 160.41
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 160.41
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.21
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.21

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: AWS > AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM
Theme_Keyword: SMMR > SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
Theme_Keyword: SSMI > SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER
Theme_Keyword: Agdc
Theme_Keyword: Antarctica
Theme_Keyword: Automated Weather Stations
Theme_Keyword: Automatic Weather Stations
Theme_Keyword: Aws
Theme_Keyword: Aws Byrd Station
Theme_Keyword: Aws Lettau
Theme_Keyword: Aws Lynn
Theme_Keyword: Aws Siple
Theme_Keyword: Emissivity Modeling
Theme_Keyword: Inland
Theme_Keyword: Interior
Theme_Keyword: Near-surface Air Temperatures
Theme_Keyword: Nsidc
Theme_Keyword: Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures
Theme_Keyword: Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
Theme_Keyword: Special Sensor Microwave/imager
Theme_Keyword: Ssm/i
Theme_Keyword: Ssmr
Theme_Keyword: Surface Temperatures
Theme_Keyword: Tbs
Theme_Keyword: Wais
Theme_Keyword: West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Theme_Keyword: West Antarctica
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: NSIDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
Address: University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-2468

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsidc@nsidc.org

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact_Person: NSIDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
Address: University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-2468

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsidc@nsidc.org

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NSIDC_AGDC > NSIDC Antarctic Glaciological Data Center
Contact_Person: NSIDC AGDC USER SERVICES

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
Address: University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-2468

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsidc@nsidc.org

Resource_Description: NSIDC-0097

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://nsidc.org

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://nsidc.org/agdc/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://uwamrc.ssec.wisc.edu/aws/

Access_Instructions:

Automated Weather Station Project Web site

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: ftp://ice.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/

Access_Instructions:

Automated Weather Station Project data ftp site

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0001.html

Access_Instructions:

Access to NSIDC's SSM/I Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010713

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110719

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

[ Update this Record ]