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GCIP/EAOP-99 Surface: National Ice Center Great Lakes Ice Cover Data

Summary

The National Ice Center is a multi-agency operational center that represents the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Via their WWW page they have available Great Lakes ice cover data for the winter of 1998-1999. These data include WMO sea/freshwater ice symbology charts ("egg code"). Once the lakes ice season starts these charts are produced twice each week for the entire Great Lakes system. The archive also includes metadata, as well as information from the National Weather Service and Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.

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Language English
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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 1998-10-01 00:00:00
End datetime 1999-05-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 39.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -94.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -73.00

Primary point of contact information

National Ice Center <nic.cdo@noaa.gov>

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Citation

National Ice Center. 2011. GCIP/EAOP-99 Surface: National Ice Center Great Lakes Ice Cover Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/37.006. Accessed 29 Mar 2024.

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