CLIMAS Dataset

Title:

Archive on monthly and annual mean surface air temperature measured at the 2 m height at meteorological stations to the north of 60^o N

Owner:

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), www.aari.nw.ru

Contact:

Svetlana Kuzmina
Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Bolshaya Monetnaya str., 26/28, St-Petersburg, 197101, Russia.
Tel.: +7-812-234-3924, Fax: +7-812-234-3865,
e-mail: svetlana.kuzmina@niersc.spb.ru

Availability:

Available for non-commercial use

Use:

The dataset is foreseen to be used for estimation of the Arctic climate change and comparison with model simulations

Parameters contained:

Monthly and annual mean surface air temperature (in deg.C) measured at the 2 m height on 38 meteorological stations

Spatial coverage:

Part of the Northern Hemisphere to the north of 60^o N

Temporal coverage:

The start date in accordance with the start of observation at different stations is from 1813 to 1951. End date of the data collected in CLIMAS database is 1999-2000, though all stations (except Mys Shalaurova station, N21647) continue observations

Spatial resolution:

Irregularly spaced dataset with 39 data points (stations) north of 60^o N

Temporal resolution:

Monthly/annual means

Data format(s):

Data are in .mdb format

Comments:

Each data file contains temperature data for specific meteorological station. The name of the file corresponds to the station number according to WMO Catalogue. See the list of the stations, their identification numbers, coordinates and operation periods in a table below.

Other information:

Aleksandrov Ye.I., Dementyev A.A. Surface meteorological database of polar regions and its use. In: Formation of the database on sea ice and hydrometeorology. St. Petersburg: Gidrometeoizdat, 1995, p. 67-75.

Number

Station

Country

Latitude, N

Longitude,

Period

01001

Jan Mayen

Norway

70.59

351.20

1921

2000

01028

Bjornova

Norway

74.31

19.01

1920

2000

01152

Bodo

Norway

67.16

14.22

1868

2000

01316

Bergen/Fredriksberg

Norway

60.24

5.19

1816

2000

02196

Haparanda

Norway

65.50

24.09

1860

1999

04063

Akureyri

Iceland

65.41

341.55

1882

2000

04210

Upernavik

Greenland

72.47

303.56

1873

2000

04250

Godthaab

Greenland

64.10

308.57

1866

2000

04360

Angmagssalik

Greenland

65.37

322.21

1895

2000

20674

Ostrov Dikson

Russia

73.30

80.14

1916

2000

20744

Malye Karmakuly

Russia

72.23

52.44

1897

2000

20891

Hatanga

Russia

71.59

102.27

1929

1999

21647

Mys Shalaurova

Russia

73.11

143.56

1928

2000

21921

Kjusjur

Russia

70.41

127.24

1918

2000

21982

Vrangely

Russia

70.97

181.28

1926

1999

22113

Murmansk

Russia

68.58

33.03

1919

1999

22165

Mys Kanin Nos

Russia

68.39

43.18

1915

2000

22550

Arkhangelsk

Russia

64.35

40.30

1813

2000

23330

Salekhard

Russia

66.32

66.32

1883

2000

23405

Ust’-Cilma

Russia

65.27

52.16

1889

1999

23472

Turukhansk

Russia

65.47

87.57

1881

2000

23849

Surgut

Russia

61.15

73.30

1885

2000

24266

Verkhoyansk

Russia

67.33

133.23

1891

2000

24507

Tura

Russia

64.10

100.04

1928

1999

24641

Viluisk

Russia

63.46

121.37

1898

1999

25399

Uelen

Russia

66.10

169.50

1918

1999

25551

Markovo

Russia

64.41

170.25

1894

2000

25563

Anadyr

Russia

64.47

177.34

1898

2000

70026

Barrow

US

71.18

203.13

1882

2000

70200

Nome

US

64.30

194.44

1907

2000

70219

Bethel

US

60.47

198.12

1923

2000

70261

Fairbanks

US

64.49

212.08

1904

2000

71090

Clyde

Canada

70.27

291.23

1942

1999

71916

Chesterfield

Canada

63.20

269.17

1921

2000

71917

Eureka

Canada

80.00

274.04

1948

1999

71925

Cambridge Bay

Canada

69.07

254.01

1929

1999

71934

Ft Smith

Canada

60.00

248.02

1914

2000

71938

Coppermine

Canada

67.49

244.52

1937

2000