Identification

Title

Model Output From the 'Frost Index' Permafrost Model: Variations in Circumpolar Frozen Ground Conditions and Modeled Future Conditions

Alternative title(s)

106.ARCSS050

Abstract

This data set contains permafrost distribution maps, active-layer thickness maps, and hazard-potential maps constructed using results from the 'frost index' permafrost model (Nelson and Outcalt, 1987) driven by modern climatic data and scenarios of climate change derived from three transient general circulation models (Greco et al., 1994). The permafrost maps show the distribution of permafrost in the Northern Hemisphere under modern climatic conditions and General Climate Model (GCM) projections for 2050; the active-layer thickness maps show relative changes in the depth of seasonal thawing projected for 2050; and the hazard-potential maps are used as indices to evaluate potential environmental hazards associated with thaw settlement and thermokarst.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.ARCSS050

protocol: https

name: Model Output From the 'Frost Index' Permafrost Model: Variations in Circumpolar Frozen Ground Conditions and Modeled Future Conditions homepage

description: Dataset homepage

Unique resource identifier

code

106.ARCSS050

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Models

Keyword set

keyword value

Models/Analyses

Active Layer/Permafrost

Arctic

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW

EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > PERMAFROST

EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS

EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > CRYOSPHERE MODELS

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER

EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.00000

East bounding longitude

180.00000

North bounding latitude

83.50000

South bounding latitude

56.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000-11-27T00:00:00Z

End position

2050-12-31T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-04-29T15:01:34Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Delaware - Center for Climatic Research

full postal address

Newark

19716

USA

telephone number

(302) 831-1314

email address

shiklom@udel.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:48:26Z

Metadata language