Important Information
The Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas has three sections: a "Data and Documentation" section, a "Primer" section with basic information on arctic meteorology, and a section with items of historical interest titled "A Look Back". This CD-ROM product is designed to be used with an HTML browser, and a browser will be necessary to use the Primer and A Look Back sections. It is not necessary to use a browser to access the data files, although a Java-enabled browser is needed to browse the data files using the plotting capability. For best results, use a Java and frames-enabled browser such as Netscape version 4.0 or higher. Netscape version 4.7 for Macintosh, Win95/98/NT, HPUX 1020, Irix 6.2, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris 5.4, Sun Solaris 25.51, and Linux glibc is included in the directory "NETSCAPE". Read the "README.netscape.txt" file in the NETSCAPE directory for more information. Known navigation problems exist with Explorer 4.6.
NSIDC requests that users acknowledge use of the EWG "Arctic Climatology Project Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas," thereby recognizing our funding agencies and broadening awareness of our services. Citations in reference lists accompanying published work should be stated:
Arctic Climatology Project. 2000. Environmental Working Group Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas. Edited by F. Fetterer and V. Radionov. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. CD-ROM.
Some of the longer documents on the Atlas are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf) files and as PostScript (.ps) files to make them easy to print. To view and print the .pdf files you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. This is free software that can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/.
The links to web sites external to this CD-ROM were current as of March 2000. External links are included where they may be helpful or informative, but they are not an essential part of the Atlas documentation. Clicking on an external link will open a new web browser window.
Some of the documentation is available in Russian as well as English. Unicode is used to encode Cyrillic. It may be necessary to change character encoding (fonts and character settings) in your browser to view Cyrillic. It may also be necessary to install Cyrillic fonts.
Registered users will be notified of any updates or corrections to the data set or documentation. Users may also access updates or corrections from the NSIDC on-line data catalog entry.
Contact NSIDC User Services: NSIDC User ServicesNational Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, Campus Box 449 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0449 U.S.A. Telephone: +1 303-492-6199 Fax: +1 303-492-2468 E-mail: nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu |
In Russia, contact: Vladimir F. RadionovHead, Dept. of Meteorology Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute 38 Bering St., St. Petersburg, 199397 Russia Telephone + 7 (812) 352-1951 Fax: +7 (812) 352-2688 E-mail: vradion@aari.nw.ru |