Western Arctic Ice Drift and Expedition Ship Stations

Western Arctic ice drifting stations, AIDJEX, ARLIS I, ARLIS II, Ice Station Alpha, Ice Station Charlie, T-3 (called Ice Station Bravo during IGY), and ships Maud and Fram provide surface meteorological data for the Arctic Ocean. These data were collected and organized by NCDC and NSIDC leading to the production of a CDROM.

Several different versions of the data are available, extending from the original key entered data to variable subsets and QC versions developed in uniform format for all stations.

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  • Thomas Cram
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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1893
    End:  1976

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1893
Temporal Range End 1976
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 28.00 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Thomas Cram
Resource Support Email tcram@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR - Geoscience Data Exchange
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2000-05-17
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D21E-R278
Alternate Identifier d258002
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category oceans
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-03T00:16:09Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d258002
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. (2000). Western Arctic Ice Drift and Expedition Ship Stations. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/D21E-R278. Accessed 04 October 2025.

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