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Jerry Brown and the International Permafrost Association, Data and Information Working Group
20010101
Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS)
Boulder, CO U.S.A.
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/data/G01175.html
The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM contains data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. CAPS was originally compiled by the International Permafrost Association's (IPA) Standing Committee on Data Information and Communication (SCDIC)in 1998, and was updated by NSIDC and the IPA's SCDIC in 2003. CAPS contains over 100 data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. It also contains detailed metadata records describing over 100 additional data sets available at other GGD nodes around the world. Dozens of contributors submitted data collections representing global sites.
CAPS is organized for use within an HTML browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape. Most data files are in ASCII text format, and in a few cases data are also provided in Microsoft Excel. Maps are typically available in the ESRI Shapefile GIS format. Some of the larger data files have been compressed with gzip. Images are in JPG, GIF, and PNG format.
This compilation of data and information products is intended for a broad audience including the scientific and engineering communities, educators, and policy makers.
The data published on CAPS is also available through NSIDC's Frozen Ground Data Center web site. The Frozen Ground Data Center holds the most current permafrost and frozen ground data and information. Permafrost, or permanently frozen ground, is ground (soil, sediment or rock) that remains at or below 0°C for at least two years (Permafrost Subcommittee, 1988). It occurs both on land and beneath offshore arctic continental shelves, and underlies approximately 15% of the exposed land surface in the Northern Hemisphere. Permafrost thickness ranges from less than 1 m to greater than 1000 m.
scientific research
Jerry Brown and the International Permafrost Association, Data and Information Working Group
20010101
Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground Ice in EASE-Grid Format
Boulder, CO U.S.A.
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g01175_caps/index.html
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NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Cryosols
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Ground Ice
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Periglacial Processes
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Rock Glaciers
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Talik
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Freeze/Thaw
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Frost
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Cryosols
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Ground Ice
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Periglacial Processes
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Rock Glaciers
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Talik
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Temperature > Land Surface Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Permafrost
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Classification
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Glaciation
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Sediments
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Freeze/Thaw
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Frost
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Permafrost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
CALM > Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program
GTN-P > Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost
IPA > International Permafrost Association
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
ANEMOMETERS
BAROMETERS
HYGROMETERS
RAIN GAUGES
SNOW MEASURING ROD
SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE PROBE
SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
THERMISTORS
THERMOMETERS
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
FIELD SURVEYS
FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
WEATHER STATIONS
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
geoscientificinformation
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Active Layer
ADD > INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT DATA DIRECTORY
AEDD > ARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL DATA DIRECTORY
Air Temperature
AMD > ANTARCTIC MASTER DIRECTORY
Bedrock
Bibliographies
Boreholes
BTS Measurements
Climate Change
Continuous Permafrost
Cryopedology
Discontinuous Permafrost
Diurnal Freeze/thaw
EASE-GRID
Engineering
Field Investigations
Frozen Ground
GCMD > GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY
Geocryology
Geology
Geophysics
Geothermal Gradient
GGD > GLOBAL GEOCRYOLOGICAL DATABASE
GIS
Ground Ice
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Ice-wedge Polygons
IPA > INTERNATIONAL PERMAFROST ASSOCIATION
Mapping
Meteorology
Modeling
Monitoring
Mountain Permafrost
NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
Paleo-permafrost
Paleoclimate
Patterned Ground
Periglacial Features
Periglacial Processes
Permafrost
Permafrost Distribution
Permafrost Extent
Permafrost Features
Permafrost Properties
Permafrost Temperature
Remote Sensing
Rock Glaciers
Seasonal Freeze/thaw
Slope Processes
Snow
Software
Soil Moisture
Soil Properties
Soil Temperature
Solar Radiation
Terminology
Thaw
Thermal Properties
Thermokarst
Topographic Survey
Tundra
Vegetation
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Continent > Africa > Southern Africa
Continent > Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Continent > Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Continent > Asia > Eastern Asia > Mongolia
Continent > Asia > Southcentral Asia
Continent > Asia > Southcentral Asia > Kazakhstan
Continent > Europe > Eastern Europe > Poland
Continent > Europe > Eastern Europe > Romania
Continent > Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia > Russian Federation
Continent > Europe > Northern Europe > British Isles > United Kingdom
Continent > Europe > Northern Europe > Iceland
Continent > Europe > Northern Europe > Scandanavia > Denmark
Continent > Europe > Northern Europe > Scandanavia > Norway
Continent > Europe > Northern Europe > Scandanavia > Sweden
Continent > Europe > Southern Europe > Italy
Continent > Europe > Southern Europe > Spain
Continent > Europe > Western Europe
Continent > Europe > Western Europe > Austria
Continent > Europe > Western Europe > Belgium
Continent > Europe > Western Europe > France
Continent > Europe > Western Europe > Germany
Continent > Europe > Western Europe > Netherlands
Continent > Europe > Western Europe > Switzerland
Continent > North America
Continent > North America > Canada
Continent > North America > Greenland
Continent > North America > United States Of America
Continent > South America > Argentina
Continent > South America > Chile
Geographic Region > Arctic
Geographic Region > Mid-latitude
Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Svalbard And Jan Mayen
Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > South Atlantic Ocean > South Georgia Island
Ocean > Southern Ocean > South Shetland Islands
Vertical Location > Land Surface
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NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Cryosols
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Ground Ice
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Periglacial Processes
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Permafrost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Rock Glaciers
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Frozen Ground > Talik
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Freeze/Thaw
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Frost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Permafrost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Active Layer
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Cryosols
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Ground Ice
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Periglacial Processes
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Permafrost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Rock Glaciers
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Seasonally Frozen Ground
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Soil Temperature
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Frozen Ground > Talik
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Land Temperature > Land Surface Temperature
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Permafrost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Classification
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Glaciation
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Sediments
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Freeze/Thaw
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Frost
NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Permafrost
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There are no restrictions on use of these data. Please cite the data using the citation example given in the documentation of each data set on the CD. Please cite the CD itself as follows: International Permafrost Association, Data and Information Working Group, comp. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), version 1.0. CD-ROM available from National Snow and Ice Data Center, nsidc@nsidc.org. Boulder, Colorado: NSIDC, University of Colorado at Boulder.
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G01175
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