Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-23T06:45:50Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 73 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]SIPEX_II_Diurnal_Snow 120.1128,-64.4443,120.1128,-64.4443121.0323,-64.9519,121.0323,-64.9519120.8228,-65.131,120.8228,-65.131120.0175,-65.2558,120.0175,-65.2558 2012-09-27T00:00:00Z 2012-09-28T00:00:00Z 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z 2012-10-04T00:00:00Z 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z 2012-10-08T00:00:00Z 2012-10-13T00:00:00Z 2012-10-14T00:00:00Z 2013-03-12T04:00:00Z

Motivation: One of the characteristics of this voyage is that we have long ice stations which last for a few days. Taking this opportunity, we decided to examine the diurnal change of snow properties ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]US_ITASE-99-1 -122.63,-80.62,-122.63,-80.62 1713-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

Sub-annually resolved ice core chemistry data from various sites on the Antarctic Ice Sheet were obtained from 1999 to 2008 during the US International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (US ITASE) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FMI_ATMOSPHERE_AND_SNOW_ABOA_2010-2011 -13.0,-73.0,-13.0,-73.0 2010-12-04T00:00:00Z 2011-01-26T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

Abstract: The measurements were made in the vicinity of the Finnish Antarctic research station Aboa (73S, 13W). The measurement period was December 2010 - January 2011. The following quantities were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ais_snow_1964 65.0,-74.0,74.0,-68.0 1963-11-20T00:00:00Z 1963-12-24T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z

The Australian Antarctic Division carried out a traverse to the Amery Ice Shelf in the summer of 1964. Numerous snow pits were dug along the traverse, and studies carried out to examine the snow in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]albert_0538495 2.53,-90.0,2.53,-72.02 2008-12-23T00:00:00Z 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z 2012-09-14T04:00:00Z

This award supports a project of scientific investigations along two overland traverses in East Antarctica: one going from the Norwegian Troll Station (72deg. S, 2deg. E) to the United States South ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]scambos_0732921 63.0,-65.0,59.0,-60.0 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z 2012-06-18T04:00:00Z

This award supports the cryospheric and oceano-graphic components of an integrated multi-disciplinary program to address these rapid and fundamental changes now taking place in Antarctic Peninsula ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0176 -108.5,38.5,-104.0,42.0 2002-02-19T00:00:00Z 2002-03-30T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of snow pit data from nine study areas, within three larger-scale areas in northern Colorado (Fraser, North Park, and Rabbit Ears Meso-cell Study Areas (MSAs)). The study ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0506 -112.3,-79.433334,-112.3,-79.433334 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This dataset includes major ion, trace element, microparticle and oxygen isotope (δ18O) data for a snowpit dug and sampled in December 2008 near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G02140 -180.0,64.0,180.0,90.0 1928-06-01T00:00:00Z 1989-05-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-13T04:00:00Z

This data set contains sea ice and snow measurements collected during aircraft landings associated with the Soviet Union's historical Sever airborne and North Pole drifting station programs. The High-Latitude ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS123 -72.0,60.0,-18.0,85.0 1952-08-17T00:00:00Z 1955-08-20T00:00:00Z 2012-05-11T04:00:00Z

Carl S. Benson's Greenland snow accumulation study field notebooks and analyses of snow accumulation, temperature, ice sheet facies and snow densification are available on 74 microfiche or as hard ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]GlacioTraverseProgram1985 110.0,-70.0,114.0,-66.0 1985-03-24T00:00:00Z 1986-01-03T00:00:00Z 2012-03-14T04:00:00Z

Two major traverse programs were run out of Casey in 1985 over the Law Dome and Wilkes Land area. The first (Autumn/Winter) traverse ran from the 24th of March to 14th of June. The second (Spring) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCL00134_139_141 20.0,60.0,32.0,72.0 1844-01-01T00:00:00Z 1917-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-23T05:00:00Z

Temperature, precipitation, and cloud data resides in 1 book, 'Uber Die Temperatur Des Bodens Und Der Schneedecke in Sodankyla Nach Beobachtungen Mit Thermoelementen' (C/dab K395) written in German. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCL00024_64 10.0,30.0,180.0,80.0 1875-01-01T00:00:00Z 1908-05-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-23T05:00:00Z

Russian snowfall data reside in 1 book, 'Uber Schneeverewehungen Auf Den Eisenbahnen in Russland' (C/db S774ub) and is written in German. The data contained in this book are tables of USSR snowfalls ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[IPEV]411_0_IPEV_FR 123.3963,-75.32596,139.8988,-66.69514 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-02-12T00:00:00Z 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z

This is the Antarctic component of the GLACIOCLIM observatory managed at the LGGE (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et de G?ophysique de l'Environnement), to detect, monitor and understand climate and mass ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[IPEV]1048_0_IPEV_FR 69.166,-49.416,69.183,-49.333 2010-12-19T00:00:00Z 2011-01-08T00:00:00Z 2012-01-27T05:00:00Z

This proposal is the exploratory step for Kerguelen component of the GLACIOCLIM Observatory. GLACIOCLIM is a French observatory to globally detect, monitor and understand climate and mass balance ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0088 162.0,-77.0,162.0,-77.0 1987-11-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-31T00:00:00Z 1988-11-01T00:00:00Z 1989-01-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z

Snow pit and ice core data from the Newall Glacier (location - 162 30' East, 77 35' South) were collected during 1987 and 1988. These include information on chemistry, Beta profiles and stratigraphy. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0095 2011-07-28T04:00:00Z

PARCA began in 1993 with the primary goal of measuring and understanding the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Approximately 25 investigations used in situ measurements and satellite and aircraft ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0139 -161.5667,-79.6167,-160.3833,-79.3889 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z 1997-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z

This data set measures the radioactive decay of nuclear material from Northern and Southern hemisphere nuclear testing. Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0129 -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-07-19T04:00:00Z

This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0127 -149.0,-81.0,-149.0,-81.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z

This data set is part of the WAISCORES project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Survey_1989_90_Lambert 55.7,-73.8,62.0,-66.0 1989-12-04T00:00:00Z 1990-02-13T00:00:00Z 2011-06-13T04:00:00Z

Report by survey staff on the Lambert Glacier Basin Traverse in summer of 1989/90. Includes original photographic prints. The Lambert Glacier Basin Traverse was one of the projects included in the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0429 -156.4,71.18,-156.15,71.28-147.65,72.9,-147.5,72.95 2003-03-03T00:00:00Z 2003-03-23T00:00:00Z 2011-04-27T04:00:00Z

Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS046 -60.0,70.0,-60.0,70.0 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-03-16T04:00:00Z

Information from two 2-meter snow pits, five 4-meter snow pits, and two 6-meter snow pits, all dug in 1988 from selected sites in Greenland, includes chemistry (H+), stable isotopes (Ca, Cl, Na, K, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS049 -60.0,70.0,-60.0,70.0 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-03-16T04:00:00Z

Chemistry and isotope information from snow pits dug at the Summit area of Greenland, 1989-1993 includes major ions (Na, K, Mg, Ca, Cl, NO3, SO4), oxygen isotopes (18O) and H2O2. Four snow pits were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0421 161.04,-78.08,163.03,-77.3 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-03-03T05:00:00Z

As part of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, a systematic sampling program has been undertaken to monitor mass balance of the Taylor Valley ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]waddington_0352584 -38.6,72.5,-38.4,72.7 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-21T05:00:00Z

This is a collaborative proposal by Principal Investigators at the University of Washington and the Desert Research Institute. They will make detailed measurements of the temporal and spatial variations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ggd249 16.683,77.9,16.683,77.9 1987-07-01T00:00:00Z 1996-05-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-30T05:00:00Z

Snow and soil temperature records for January 1988 - May 1996 are presented. Included are snow depth and weight measurements, snow density (calculated), active layer depth in the frost tubes, weight ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01171 66.0,37.0,74.0,40.0 1932-01-31T00:00:00Z 1990-04-30T00:00:00Z 2010-12-23T05:00:00Z

The Central Asian Snow Cover from Hydrometeorological Surveys data are based on observations made by personnel for three river basins: Amu Darya, Sir Darya, and Naryn. These observations include end ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01170 30.0,35.0,180.0,80.0 1966-01-10T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-23T05:00:00Z

The Former Soviet Union Hydrological Snow Surveys are based on observations made by personnel at 1,345 sites throughout the Former Soviet Union between 1966 and 1990, and over 200 of those sites between ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS048 -60.0,70.0,-60.0,70.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-14T05:00:00Z

Snow pit and snow sample data are included from the Summit area of Greenland from 1987. One 2-meter snow pit was dug and sampled in 1987 with a 3-cm sampling interval. Four 4-meter snow pits were ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FINNARP2009_snowpit -14.305,-74.48032,-11.52118,-72.75407 2009-12-08T00:00:00Z 2010-01-20T00:00:00Z 2010-12-08T05:00:00Z

Dataset contains data from 15 snow pits along a snow line. The depth of these snow pits was approximately 1.5 meters. Nine 0.5m meters deep snow pits were also measured. The length of snow line ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FMI_ATMOSPHERE_AND_SNOW_ABOA_2009-2010 -13.0,-73.0,-13.0,-73.0 2009-12-05T00:00:00Z 2010-01-25T00:00:00Z 2010-11-22T05:00:00Z

The measurements were made in the vicinity of the Finnish Antarctic research station Aboa (73S, 13W). The measurement period was December 2009 - January 2010. The following quantities were measured: ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIPR_JASE_16 15.0,-78.0,45.0,-69.0 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z 2010-09-27T04:00:00Z

To better understand changes in snow density in summer and formation of snow stratification, we investigated temporal changes of surface snow density and its spatial distribution. Two types of snow-density ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIPR_JASE_15 -14.0,-78.0,45.0,-69.0 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z

To better understand physical structure of snow stratification, a 1m deep pit was dug at every camp site. The following items were investigated: (i) density with 3 cm resolution, (ii) dielectric permittivity ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIPR_JASE_19 15.0,-78.0,45.0,-69.0 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z

To better understand physical structure of the snow stratification, two 4m deep pits and two 2m deep pits were dug at several locations. The following items were investigated: (i) density with 3 cm ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NIPR_JASE_21 15.0,-78.0,45.0,-69.0 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z 2010-09-20T04:00:00Z

To better understand how environmental signals are fixed in snow stratification, two 4m deep pits and two 2m deep pits were dug at several locations. Snow samples were collected for purposes of physical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]meese_0538494 2010-07-20T04:00:00Z

This award supports a project for physical properties research on snow pits and firn/ice cores with specific objectives that include stratigraphic analysis including determination of accumulation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]dunbar_NSF0230348 135.1333,-76.05,135.1333,-76.05 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-07-02T04:00:00Z

There is intense scientific interest in the history, dynamics and future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet because it is the world's only remaining marine ice sheet and is considered by ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AADC-00064 120.0,-69.0,120.0,-69.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-06-08T04:00:00Z

This dataset is summarised using the abstract from ANARE Research Notes 64, Ice sheet topography and surface characteristics in eastern Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. A comprehensive survey ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[BAS_AEDC]GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00296 -84.25,-75.91667,-64.6667,-66.5 2005-12-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-22T00:00:00Z 2010-04-27T04:00:00Z

Correction, Verification and Context, of Satellite-Derived Elevation Changes on the Antarctic Peninsula CVaCS-DECAP The aim of the project was to measure the various factors that affect altitude ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0420 -149.11,-81.65,-148.51,-81.05 1994-11-01T00:00:00Z 1995-02-28T00:00:00Z 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z 1997-02-28T00:00:00Z 2010-03-10T05:00:00Z

This data set is part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet cores (WAISCORES) project, an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on climate and sea level change. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0299 124.0218,-80.7802,126.0302,-80.5304 2004-01-04T00:00:00Z 2004-01-20T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z

This data set contains firn physical properties measured in two meter snow pits and from deeper, 12- to 30-meter firn cores. The physical properties measured in the snow pits include density, permeability ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0253 2010-03-08T05:00:00Z

This data set compares global atmospheric concentration of methane from ice cores taken on the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. The data come from multiple ice cores on each continent, including ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0248 2010-03-08T05:00:00Z

This data set includes beta profiles, chemistry, and density data obtained from Dominion Range ice cores. The Dominion Range is on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The chemistry data consists of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0249 2010-03-08T05:00:00Z

This data set includes beta profiles, chemistry, stratigraphy data, and density and temperature profiles collected from snow pits and two ice cores on the Newall Glacier. Snow pit and ice core data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0165 -105.9,39.95,-105.9,39.95 2002-01-19T00:00:00Z 2002-01-21T00:00:00Z 2002-10-01T00:00:00Z 2003-03-29T00:00:00Z 2002-12-10T00:00:00Z 2002-12-13T00:00:00Z 2003-02-18T00:00:00Z 2003-02-26T00:00:00Z 2003-03-25T00:00:00Z 2003-03-25T00:00:00Z 2010-03-04T05:00:00Z

This data set contains brightness temperature observations of the snow cover at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS) of the Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (CLPX) in Fraser, Colorado, USA. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0172 -107.5,39.5,-105.0,41.0 2002-09-20T00:00:00Z 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-04T05:00:00Z

This data set contains meteorological observations at ten sites throughout the Small Regional Study Area (SRSA) of the Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (CLPX) in Fraser, Colorado, USA. Nine identical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0169 -105.9,39.95,-105.9,39.95 2002-02-22T00:00:00Z 2002-02-23T00:00:00Z 2002-03-25T00:00:00Z 2002-03-30T00:00:00Z 2003-02-19T00:00:00Z 2003-02-20T00:00:00Z 2003-03-24T00:00:00Z 2003-03-30T00:00:00Z 2010-03-04T05:00:00Z

This data set presents snow depth, snow water equivalence (SWE), snow wetness data, and snow pit data from two pine sites and a small clearing at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS) of the Cold ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]kinnvika-snow-ice 18.07,79.86,21.28,80.73 2007-04-28T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T00:00:00Z 2009-12-17T05:00:00Z

Snow pits 2007: the data from 2 snow pits (main summits of Vestfonna ice cap) include a description of snow physical properties (stratigraphy, density) and major ions chemistry. Shallow ice cores ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]kinnvika-snow 15.0,72.5,23.0,82.0 2007-08-01T00:00:00Z 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z 2009-06-18T04:00:00Z

Data includes physical snow properties (temperature, grain size, stratigraphy and density) from six snow pits around Vestfonna ice cap, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard and optical measurements in snow from ...