North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) PMEL/CRREL Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data

This data set contains ice temperature and mass balance data from drifting ice buoys near the North Pole in the Central Basin of the Arctic Ocean. Buoys were deployed each April by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). The buoys drifted with the ice pack, and data were collected via satellite transmissions. Ice temperature data were collected year-round at 10 cm depth intervals twice daily, every twelve hours. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2000-04-20T00:00:00Z
    End:  2007-12-31T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2000-04-20T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2007-12-31T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 89.68900
Bounding Box South Lat 71.02600
Bounding Box West Long -169.04100
Bounding Box East Long 87.61760
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : index.html

Documentation #2 : NP2000-2002_IceBuoys_ReadMe.html

Documentation #3 : NP2003-2005_IceBuoys_ReadMe.html

Documentation #4 : NP2006-2007_IceBuoys_ReadMe.html
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ZIP: PKZIP (application/zip)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 1 MB
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Author James H. Morison
Dr. Knut Aagaard
Richard Moritz
Andreas Heiberg
Michael Steele
Miles McPhee
James E. Overland
Sigrid A. Salo
Donald K. Perovich
Jacqueline Richter-Menge
Bruce Elder
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2011-09-14T17:35:56
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.ARCSS128
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:06Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.ARCSS128
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation James H. Morison, Dr. Knut Aagaard, Richard Moritz, Andreas Heiberg, Michael Steele, Miles McPhee, James E. Overland, Sigrid A. Salo, Donald K. Perovich, Jacqueline Richter-Menge, Bruce Elder. (2011). North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) PMEL/CRREL Ice Temperature and Mass Balance Buoy Data. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS128. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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