106.261_Summer_Warmth_Index_Average_from_1982-2003_ISO.xml
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Martha K. Raynolds
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
(907)474-2459
Institute of Arctic Biology
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
mkraynolds@alaska.edu
pointOfContact
Martha K. Raynolds
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
(907)474-2459
Institute of Arctic Biology
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
mkraynolds@alaska.edu
author
Josefino Comiso
301-614-5708
Josefino.C.Comiso@nasa.gov
author
Donald A. (Skip) Walker
Institute of Arctic Biology
(907) 474-2460
University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757000
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
ffdaw@uaf.edu
author
Donald A. (Skip) Walker
Institute of Arctic Biology
(907) 474-2460
University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757000
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
ffdaw@uaf.edu
principalInvestigator
Martha K. Raynolds
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
(907)474-2459
Institute of Arctic Biology
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
mkraynolds@alaska.edu
originator
Uma Bhatt
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Associate Professor
bhatt@gi.alaska.edu
principalInvestigator
2024-03-29
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.261
Summer Warmth Index Average from 1982-2003
2010-05-14T14:33:15Z
publication
1.0
2010-05-14T14:33:15Z
Summer Warmth Index Average from 1982-2003
2010-05-14T14:33:15Z
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106.261
doi:10.5065/D6CN721T
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Martha K. Raynolds
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
(907)474-2459
Institute of Arctic Biology
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
mkraynolds@alaska.edu
author
Josefino Comiso
301-614-5708
Josefino.C.Comiso@nasa.gov
author
Donald A. (Skip) Walker
Institute of Arctic Biology
(907) 474-2460
University of Alaska Fairbanks PO Box 757000
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
ffdaw@uaf.edu
author
This data set contains land surface temperatures in the circumpolar region of the Arctic derived from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data. The AVHRR data were compiled from 1982 to 2003, providing the longest satellite temperature record available. The length of this record, especially the inclusion of the earliest years, was important in producing a mean that characterized the conditions that created the present distribution of arctic vegetation. Arctic vegetation communities are only beginning to respond to recent climate changes, and our goal was to minimize this effect in the temperature data. The AVHRR temperature data provide better spatial resolution than modeled data sets, which interpolate between climate stations. And arctic climate stations are few, unevenly distributed around the pole, and located mostly along coasts. The finer spatial resolution and coarser temporal resolution of the AVHRR temperature data are more appropriate for analyzing vegetation distribution.
Martha K. Raynolds
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
(907)474-2459
Institute of Arctic Biology
Fairbanks
AK
99775-7000
mkraynolds@alaska.edu
pointOfContact
NOAA POES
platform
Land Character
Ancillary Info
Vegetation
Arctic
Satellite
grid
eng
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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30.98000
90.00000
1982-05-01T01:01:00Z
2003-09-30T23:59:59Z
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.261
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Summer Warmth Index Average from 1982-2003 homepage
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NSF Arctic System Science
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