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  - context: dataset
    lexicon: nsidc
    term: oai:nsidc/G01186
    url: http://nsidc.org/api/dataset/2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=dif&identifier=oai:nsidc/G01186
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contributors:
  - display_name: 'Data Archive : National Snow & Ice Data Center '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/12316.yaml
    id: 12316
    organization:
      country_code: US
      display_name: National Snow & Ice Data Center
      identifier: national-snow-ice-data-center
      name: National Snow & Ice Data Center
      organization_type_identifier: federal
      type: organization
      url: http://nsidc.org
    organization_uri: /organization/national-snow-ice-data-center
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    role_type_identifier: data_archive
    uri: /contributor/12316
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description: "This data set consists of snow observations for 18 stations in the western Italian Alps. Two types of data are included: monthly snowfall amounts and monthly snow cover duration in days. The period of record varies with each station, with the longest station record including data from 1877 to 1996. The average station record duration is approximately 61 years. Available stations range from 565 meters to 2720 meters in elevation. The data are summaries of snow stake measurements. Daily observations of total snow depth were generally made at 8 a.m. local time. Data were aquired using a snow measuring rod. Snowfall amount was defined as being any increase over the previous day's reading. This measurement may be an underestimate of as much as 10-20% due to snow pack settlement. However, this underestimation is fairly consistent for all measurements. The daily data were then totaled to yield the monthly values."
description_attribution: ~
display_name: Western Italian Alps Monthly Snowfall and Snow Cover Duration
doi: 10.7265/N5NP22C0
end_time: 1996-12-31T00:00:00
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/dataset/nsidc-g01186.yaml
identifier: nsidc-g01186
instrument_measurements: []
lat_max: 46.425
lat_min: 44.192
lon_max: 8.436
lon_min: 6.695
name: Western Italian Alps Monthly Snowfall and Snow Cover Duration
native_id: G01186
parents: []
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publication_year: ~
references: []
release_dt: 1999-01-01T00:00:00
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start_time: 1877-01-01T00:00:00
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type: dataset
uri: /dataset/nsidc-g01186
url: http://nsidc.org/data/G01186
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version: ~
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