North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) Weather and Radiation Buoy Data, 2002-2004  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS127
Summary
This data set includes in situ air pressure, wind, temperature, longwave radiation, and shortwave radiation measurements. Data were recorded from 27 April 2002 through 24 April 2004 by weather stations and radiometers on drifting buoys near the North Pole that were deployed by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). A lack of solar energy, which is needed to power the radiometer batteries, rendered some data useless after mid-to-late September. The North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) is a year-round, automated scientific observatory, deploying various instruments each April in order to learn how the world's northernmost sea helps regulate global climate. It consists of a set of unmanned scientific platforms that record oceanographic, cryospheric, and atmospheric data throughout the year. More information about the project is available at the project Web site, North Pole Environmental Observatory.
Data are in ASCII text format and are available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 88.5197°
S: 69.4923°
E: 71.5727°
W: -21.5628°
N: 89.168°
S: 67.276°
E: 76.476°
W: -26.131°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Morison, J., K. Aagaard, R. Moritz, M. McPhee, A. Heiberg, and M. Steele
Dataset Title: North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) Weather and Radiation Buoy Data, 2002-2004
Dataset Release Date: 2005-10-07
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss127.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-04-27
Stop Date: 2003-06-25
Start Date: 2003-04-29
Stop Date: 2004-04-24
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION POLAR
- OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure Measurements
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Longwave Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Shortwave Radiation
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Wind Direction
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Wind Speed
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds Wind Vectors
- Spectral/Engineering Infrared Wavelengths Infrared Radiance
- Spectral/Engineering Visible Wavelengths Visible Radiance
Ancillary Keywords
- ADCC
- Air Temperature
- Air Temperatures
- ARCSS
- arcss127
- Automated Weather Station Data
- Buoy Data
- Buoys
- Drifting Buoys
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Longwave Radiation
- North Pole
- North Pole drifting station
- North Pole Environmental Observatory
- NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
- OPP 9910305
- Radiation
- Shortwave Radiation
- Surface Winds
- Wind Direction
- Wind Speed
- Wind Velocity
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- BUOYS
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS
- WEATHER STATIONS
Instrument
- ANEMOMETERS
- BAROMETERS
- DRIFTING BUOYS
- PYRANOMETERS
- PYRGEOMETERS
- RADIOMETERS
- THERMISTORS
- WIND VANES
Project
- ARCSS/NPEO Arctic System Science/North Pole Environmental Observatory
Quality
Weather Station: If winds were reported as zero for more than a few records, as in December 2002 and January 2003, the researchers assumed the rotor was frozen. Missing data from a weather station are flagged with the value '1.00E+35'. Radiometers: The radiometers were 'cleaned' by a heater and powered from batteries charged by solar panels. The solar panels were not able to charge the batteries after mid-to-late September, causing the radiometers to frost over. Thus, data collected after that time are not reliable. Neither radiometer buoy recorded position information, so the drift track from the weather station buoy applies to each. Missing radiometer data are flagged with the value '-99.9'.
Data Set Progress
complete
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 5 - 955 KB
Personnel
James H. Morison
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 543-1394
Fax: 1 206 616-3142
Email: morison@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
- Polar Science Center
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- University of Washington
- 1013 NE 40th Street
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105
Michael Steele
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: mas@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- Polar Science Center/APL/UW
- 1013 NE 40th
- Seattle, WA USA 98105-6698
Knut Aagaard
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 206 543-8942
Fax: 1 206 543-3521
Email: aagaard@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Applied Physics Laboratory, Polar Science Center
- 1013 NE 40th Street
- Box 355640
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA
Richard Moritz
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Applied Physics Laboratory
Province or State: WA
Country: USA
Miles McPhee
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 509 658-2575
Email: miles@wolfenet.com
Contact Address:
City: Naches
Province or State: WA
Country: USA
Andreas Heiberg
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Applied Physics Laboratory
Province or State: WA
Country: USA
Roger Andersen
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 206 543-1258
Fax: 1 206 616-3142
Email: roger@apl.washington.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Washington
- Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory
- Polar Science Center
- Applied Physics Laboratory
- University of Washington
- 1013 NE 40th
City: Seattle
Province or State: WA
Postal Code: 98105-6698
Country: USA
Reference
McPhee, Miles G., T. Kikuchi, J. Morison, and T.P. Stanton. 2003. Ocean-to-ice heat flux at the North Pole environmental observatory. Geophysical Research Letters. V 30-24. 2274.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2005-10-07
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-08-21
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