Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records

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Abstract: This data set includes daily, monthly, and yearly mean surface air temperatures for four interior West Antarctic sites between 1978 and 1997. Data include air surface temperatures measured at the Byrd, Lettau, Lynn, and Siple Station automatic weather stations. In addition, because weather stations in Antarctica are difficult to maintain, and resulting multi-decade records are often incomplete, the investigators also calculated surface temperatures from satellite passive microwave brightness temperatures. Calibration of 37-GHz vertically polarized brightness temperature data during periods of known air temperature, using emissivity modeling, allowed the investigators to replace data gaps with calibrated brightness temperatures. MS Excel data files and GIF images derived from the data are available via ftp from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Title  Decadal-Length Composite West Antarctic Air Temperature Records
publication date 2006-11-28
cited responsible party - author
individual Name  Shuman, Christopher A.
organisation Name  Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
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electronic Mail Address:  christopher.a.shuman@nasa.gov
cited responsible party - author
individual Name  Stearns, Charles R.
organisation Name  Polar Meteorological Research Establishment, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, 53706,
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organisation Name  U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center
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Topic Category:   climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Resource language:   eng
Resource progress code:   Complete
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0]
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Format version  1
Resource extent
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West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Geographic Extent
Sample Location (gmlPos):  -82.52 -174.45
Sample Location (gmlPos):  -80.01 -119.4
Sample Location (gmlPos):  -75.9 -84
Sample Location (gmlPos):  -74.21 160.41
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1978-10-25 1997-12-31
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individual Name  Shuman, Christopher A.
organisation Name  Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
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