Ice Thickness Program Collection

The Ice Thickness Program Collection contains ice thickness and snow depth measurements for 195 sites. Sites such as Eureka and Resolute have ice thickness records that go as far back as 1947. Record length varies from station to station with some of the Arctic stations exceeding 50 years of observations.


Measurements are taken at approximately the same location every year on a weekly basis, starting after freeze-up when the ice is safe to walk on, and continuing until break-up or when the ice becomes unsafe. The location is selected close to shore, but over a depth of water which will exceed the maximum ice thickness.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
9e63fd96-65d0-4e5e-817f-c400280cb319 XML
Date Stamp
2021-12-14T19:30:54
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Revision)
2015-01-07
Date (Publication)
2015-01-07
Date (Creation)
2015-01-07
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Spatial representation type
Vector
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - David Jackson ( Director )
Canada

Keywords

Theme

  • ice thickness, Arctic, ice, Canadian Ice Service

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Ice

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Weather and Climate

Geography

  • National (CA)

Business Functions

  • Provide Ice Conditions Products and Services

  • Deliver Ice Conditions Products and Service to Clients

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Meteorological Service of Canada

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Weather and Environmental Prediction and Services

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
1947-09-22
End Date
2014-06-13

Extent

N
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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
EPSG / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • KML ( unknown )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

ice thickness, Arctic, ice, Canadian Ice Service
Business Functions
Deliver Ice Conditions Products and Service to Clients Provide Ice Conditions Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN
Weather and Climate
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Ice
external.theme.EC_Branch
Meteorological Service of Canada
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Weather and Environmental Prediction and Services
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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