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Change in Ice Thaw Dates for Selected U.S. Lakes, 1905-2019

Metadata Updated: August 30, 2023

This figure shows the change in the "ice-off" date, or date of ice thawing and breakup, for 14 U.S. lakes during the period from 1905 to 2019. All of the lakes have red circles with negative numbers, which represent earlier thaw dates. Larger circles indicate larger changes. For more information: www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators

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Dates

Metadata Date April 9, 2021
Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
Reference Date(s) August 2, 2016 (publication)
Frequency Of Update annually

Metadata Source

Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

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Change in lake ice thaw dates

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date April 9, 2021
Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
Reference Date(s) August 2, 2016 (publication)
Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (Publisher)
Contact Email
Guid 50E386A3-7770-4487-A4D9-693F8FC76924
Access Constraints https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Bbox East Long -69.47917
Bbox North Lat 46.81
Bbox South Lat 42.57
Bbox West Long -95.93333
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update annually
Graphic Preview Description Change in lake ice thaw dates
Graphic Preview File https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/OAR/OAP/metadata/Thumbnails/LakeIce.png
Graphic Preview Type PNG
Harvest Object Id c2a2b97f-2a78-4a80-bc1e-023ade669505
Harvest Source Id 9b3cd81e-5515-4bb7-ad3c-5ae44de9b4bd
Harvest Source Title Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata
Licence None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-95.93333, 42.57], [-69.47917, 42.57], [-69.47917, 46.81], [-95.93333, 46.81], [-95.93333, 42.57]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System 102008
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 1905-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2015-01-01

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