The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) contains over 100 data sets 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.
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The data published on CAPS is available through the Frozen Ground Data Center (FGDC) database.
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Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), Version 1
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial Resolution: | Not Specified |
Temporal Coverage: | Not specified |
Temporal Resolution: | Not specified |
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Platform(s) | FIELD SURVEYS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS, WEATHER STATIONS |
Sensor(s): | ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SNOW MEASURING ROD, SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, THERMISTORS, THERMOMETERS |
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Version: | V1 |
Data Contributor(s): | R. Barry, Jerry Brown, Michael Clark, Marina O. Leibman, H. Jonas Akerman, Daniel S. Vonder Muehll, Frederick Nelson, Hanne Christiansen, E.S. Melnikov |
Metadata XML: | View Metadata Record |
Data Citation
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International Permafrost Association Standing Committee on Data Information and Communication (comp.) 2003. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N5SF2T3B. [Date Accessed].Access complete Knowledge Base
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