Seasonal frost depths, midwestern USA, Version 1

This dataset includes frost tube data from 37 stations in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin), USA. The responsible agency was the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data were collected during 1971-1981 (no data for 1976/77) by cooperative observers who gathered the data for use in their spring run-off hydrologic predictions. The observers had frost tubes installed by District personnel in their back yards. The early penetration of frost at the beginning of the freezing season was not observed, but most observers picked up the record when 1 or 2' of frost had occurred. This data base, a preliminary version, was constructed by Richard K. Haugen and Glenn King from the manuscript records of the cooperative observers and is presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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citation Seasonal frost depths, midwestern USA, Version 1. Version 1. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, National Snow and Ice Data Center.
identifier C1386206867-NSIDCV0
issued 1971-01-12
landingPage https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1386206867-NSIDCV0.html
language {en-US}
metadata_type geospatial
modified 1983-03-03
programCode {026:001}
publisher NSIDC
resource-type Dataset
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spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-101.3, 43.767], [-90.183, 43.767], [-90.183, 48.833], [-101.3, 48.833], [-101.3, 43.767]]]}
temporal 1971-01-12T00:00:00Z/1983-03-03T23:59:59.999Z
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • agriculture
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • cryosphere
  • earth-science
  • frozen-ground
  • geo
  • geoss
  • land-surface
  • national
  • north-america
  • snow-ice
  • soils
  • terrestrial-hydrosphere
  • united-states
isopen False
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license_title License not specified
maintainer Richard Haugen
maintainer_email Richard.K.Haugen@hanover.valley.net
metadata_created 2025-11-22T02:17:25.584151
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T02:17:25.584155
notes This dataset includes frost tube data from 37 stations in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin), USA. The responsible agency was the St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data were collected during 1971-1981 (no data for 1976/77) by cooperative observers who gathered the data for use in their spring run-off hydrologic predictions. The observers had frost tubes installed by District personnel in their back yards. The early penetration of frost at the beginning of the freezing season was not observed, but most observers picked up the record when 1 or 2' of frost had occurred. This data base, a preliminary version, was constructed by Richard K. Haugen and Glenn King from the manuscript records of the cooperative observers and is presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998.
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title Seasonal frost depths, midwestern USA, Version 1