Barrow Alaska Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics: Meteorology and Radiation Data, Version 1
Data set id:
GGD608

Overview

This data set consists of continuous meteorological data, monthly climatological summaries, and upper air meteorological data for the NOAA/CMDL Pt. Barrow Observatory. Data include hourly average observations of air temperature, station pressure, and surface wind direction and speed. The data set also includes atmospheric radiation at the Barrow Observatory. Radiation data consist of hourly-averaged data for downwelling short-wave radiation, in watts per square meter. The radiation data were used to determine the snow disappearance date at Barrow on the basis of objective, radiometric measurements made over open tundra (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/snomelt.html). These data are available from the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/dv/data/. Meteorological data are available via FTP at ftp://aftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/data/meteorology/in-situ/brw/, and radiation data are available at ftp://aftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/data/radiation/baseline/brw/.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATURESHORTWAVE RADIATIONSNOW MELTSOLAR RADIATIONSURFACE PRESSURESURFACE WINDS
Platform(s):
Not Specified
Sensor(s):
Not Specified
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1997 to 31 December 2002
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
71.323
S:
71.323
E:
-156.609
W:
-156.609
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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