North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) Weather and Radiation Buoy Data, 2002-2004

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Data Contributors MORISON, JAMES H. STEELE, MICHAEL AAGAARD, KNUT MORITZ, RICHARD MCPHEE, MILES HEIBERG, ANDREAS Parameters AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS INFRARED RADIANCE LONGWAVE RADIATION SHORTWAVE RADIATION SURFACE WINDS > Wind direction, Wind speed, Wind vectors VISIBLE RADIANCE Instruments ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS DRIFTING BUOYS PYRANOMETERS PYRGEOMETERS RADIOMETERS THERMISTORS WIND VANES

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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.

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