Arctic Climatology Project - EWG Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas

Data Contributors

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE (AARI), ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Parameters

AIR TEMPERATURE
CLOUD AMOUNT/FREQUENCY
HUMIDITY
INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
LONGWAVE RADIATION
NET RADIATION
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
SNOW
SNOW DEPTH
SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
SOLAR RADIATION
SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WINDS > wind speed

Instruments

ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR
BAROMETERS
HYGROMETERS
PSYCHROMETERS
THERMOMETERS
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
WET BULB THERMOMETERS

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) was established in June 1995 under the framework of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. In January 1996, the EWG Arctic Climatology Group took on the task of compiling digital data on arctic regions to expand scientific understanding of the Arctic. This work resulted in a set of three atlases on CD-ROM for arctic oceanography, sea ice, and meteorology.

The Arctic Meteorology and Climate Atlas was developed by specialists from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russia, the University of Washington, Seattle, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. The Atlas contains three main sections: a history section, a 'Primer,' and a data section. The history section and Primer provide background and introductory information for newcomers to arctic meteorology, while the data section contains gridded fields of meteorological parameters, and newly released meteorological station data from Russian and other sources. In addition, the Atlas includes several English translations of Russian technical documents, and a glossary of meteorological terms in English and Russian.

Users can order the CD-ROM free of charge from NSIDC User Services Office. NSIDC also distributes the EWG Joint U.S.-Russian Atlas of the Arctic Ocean (Winter and Summer periods on two CD-ROMs), and the EWG Joint U.S.-Russian Arctic Sea Ice Atlas free of charge. The CD-ROMs are in HTML format.

Data Citation

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.