North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) PMEL/CRREL Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data
Summary
This data set contains ice temperature and mass balance data from drifting ice buoys near the North Pole in the Central Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Buoys were deployed each April by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). The buoys drifted with the ice pack, and data were collected via satellite transmissions. Ice temperature data were collected year around at 10 cm depth intervals twice daily, every twelve hours. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format.
Data access
ORDER data for delivery by FTPAdditional information
Related projects: ARCSSObservational frequency: 12 hourly
Spatial type: point
Categories: Ice Physics
Platforms: Ice Thickness
Documentation:
- NP2000-2002_IceBuoys_ReadMe.html [4 KB]
- NP2003-2005_IceBuoys_ReadMe.html [6 KB]
- NP2006-2007_IceBuoys_ReadMe.html [4 KB]
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Temporal coverage
Begin datetime: 2000-04-20 00:00:00, End datetime: 2007-12-31 23:59:59
Spatial coverage
Minimum latitude: 71.026000, Minimum longitude: -169.041000Maximum latitude: 89.689000, Maximum longitude: 87.617600
Point of contact
James MorisonUniversity of Washington - Applied Physics Lab
E-Mail address: morison at apl dot washington dot edu