Daily Precipitation Sums at Coastal and Island Russian Arctic Stations, 1940-1990  View Catalog Page Entry ID
G02164
Summary
This data set contains precipitation data originally recorded in log books at 65 coastal and island meteorological stations, and later digitized at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russia, under the direction of Vladimir Radionov. Records from most stations begin in 1940. Instrumentation was generally a rain gauge with Nipher shield until the early 1950s (for most stations), when the Tretyakov precipitation gauge replaced earlier instrumentation. Data have not been adjusted for gauge type or wind bias. Observers corrected the data from 1967-1990 for wetting loss as they recorded the station data.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 84.78°
S: 64.41°
E: 170.16°
W: 36.76°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: V.F. Radionov, Ye. I. Aleksandrov, P.N. Svyashchennikov, F. Fetterer
Dataset Title: Daily Precipitation Sums at Coastal and Island Russian Arctic Stations, 1940-1990
Dataset Release Date: 2004-12-31
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/g02164.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1940-01-01
Stop Date: 1990-12-31
Location Keywords
- Continent Europe Eastern Europe Russia
- Geographic Region Arctic
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount
Ancillary Keywords
- AARI
- coastal precipitation
- island precipitation
- land-sea boundary
- NOAA
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
Instrument
Quality
Data digitized from logbooks are subject to transcription errors. These data have been assessed by comparing with data from the Global Daily Climatology Network (GDCN) yet some errors may have gone undetected.
Measuring arctic precipitation accurately is difficult. Users of these data should first become familiar with error sources inherent in all Arctic precipitation measurements. We strongly suggest consulting Groisman and Rankova (2001) and references contained therein, and the documentation on gridded precipitation fields in Arctic Climatology Project (2000) for an introduction to precipitation measurement issues. Groisman and Rankova (2001) have information on adjusting the raw precipitation measurements in this data set so that pre- and post-1966 values are homogeneous.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NSIDC
Data Center
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Set ID: g02164
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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/noaa/
Data Set ID: g02164
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC NOAA 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 Format: ASCII text
Personnel
Vladimir Radionov
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Department of Meteorology
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
City: St. Petersburg
Country: Russia
Ye. I. Aleksandrov
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
38 Bering Str., 199397
City: St. Petersburg
Country: Russia
P. N. Svyashchennikov
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
38 Bering Str., 199397
City: St. Petersburg
Country: Russia
FLORENCE FETTERER
Role: INVESTIGATOR
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
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: (303) 492-6199
Fax: (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
Related URL
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Meteorological Data from the Russian Arctic, 1961-2000
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Environmental Working Group Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas
Reference
Air temperature and daily precipitation data from 223 former USSR stations. Available from the All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information World Data Center (RIHMI-WDC). http://www.meteo.ru/index_e.html. Accessed 9 December 2004.
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. http://nsidc.org/data/g01938.html. Accessed 9 December 2004.
National Snow and Ice Data Center. 2003. Meteorological Data from the Russian Arctic, 1961-2000. V. Radionov, compiler. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media. http://nsidc.org/data/g02141.html. Accessed 9 December 2004.
Global Daily Climatology Network, V1.0. Available from the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
Global precipitation analyses for monitoring and research from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC). http://www.dwd.de/en/FundE/Klima/KLIS/int/GPCC/GPCC. Accessed 9 December 2004. Groisman, P.Y and E.Y. Rankova. 2001. Precipitation trends over the Russian permafrost-free zone: removing the artifacts of pre-processing. International Journal of Climate 21: 657-678.
USSR Monthly Precipitation For 622 Stations 1891-1999, NCDC DSI-3720. Available from the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Global Historical Climate Network. Available from the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-12-10
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