Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin: Aircraft Landing Observations from the Former Soviet Union, 1928-1989

org.nsidc:g02140 I.P. Romanov 20040601 Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin: Aircraft Landing Observations from the Former Soviet Union, 1928-1989 Boulder, CO National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) http://nsidc.org/data/g02140.html 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 Airborne Annual Expeditions Sever (Sever means North) took place in 1937, 1941, 1948-1952, and 1954-1993 (Konstantinov and Grachev, 2000). In Spring 1993, the last (45th) Sever expedition finished long-term activity in the Arctic. Snow and sea ice data were collected, along with meteorological and hydrological measurements (the latter are not part of this data set). Up to 202 landings were accomplished each year. The data set contains measurements of 23 parameters, including ice thickness and snow depth on the runway and surrounding area; ridge, hummock, and sastrugi dimensions and areal coverage; and snow density. The sea ice thickness data are of particular importance, as ice thickness measurements for the Arctic Basin are scarce. These data are a subset of those used to create the atlas Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin, self-published by Ilya P. Romanov in 1993, and republished by Backbone Publishing Company in 1995. Romanov provided these data to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in 1994. scientific research I.P. Romanov 20040601 Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin: Aircraft Landing Observations from the Former Soviet Union, 1928-1989 Boulder, CO National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) http://nsidc.org/data/docs/noaa/g02140_romanov_arctic_seaice/index.html 192806 198905 publication date Complete Unknown -180 180 90 64 NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Deformation EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Length EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Width EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Roughness > hummocks EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Elevation > hummocks EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Snow Depth EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Density EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Deformation EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Length EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Width EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Roughness > hummocks EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Elevation EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Snow Depth EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Density EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords SNOW MEASURING ROD NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords AIRCRAFT GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS MOORINGS OCEAN PLATFORMS ISO 19115 Topic Categories climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere oceans None Aircraft Arctic Basin Arctic Sea Ice g02140 NOAA North Pole North Pole drifting station Sever NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords Continent > Europe > Eastern Europe > Russia Geographic Region > Arctic > Arctic Basin 18 NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Deformation NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Length NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Width NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Roughness > hummocks NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Elevation > hummocks NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Snow Depth NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Density NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Deformation NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Depth/Thickness NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Length NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Floes > Width NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Roughness > hummocks NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Elevation NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Snow Depth NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Density NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Depth None None NSIDC USER SERVICES mailing

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