Automatic Weather Station Data from the Vestfonna Ice Cap

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Ulf Jonsell - Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Description:

During IPY4-Kinnvika an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) was installed on the western margin of the Vestfonna Ice Cap, Svalbard by a group from the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. The record includes data from 1 May 2007 – 30 April 2009 on air temperature, relative humidity, 4-component radiation, wind speed, wind direction and inclination (tilt) of the radiation instrument arm. Data are hourly means (2-hourly August 2007-April 2008, due to limited storage capacity) of readings every minute. Minor gaps exist in the record. Temperature sensors are unventilated.

Subject area:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Climatology / Meteorology / Atmosphere (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords:

Atmosphere, Meteorology, Cryosphere, Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones, Glaciers, Ice Sheets, ice sheets, ablation Zones, accumulation Zones

Map:

Principal organisation:

Uppsala University

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
Data are freely accessible

Homepage:

Expedition: Kinnvika 2007 at the Polar Research Secretariat

Kinnvika.net

Download data:

ECDS 0159-001 Automatic Weather Station Data from the Vestfonna Ice Cap.txt (1.12 MB)

Responsible department/unit:

Uppsala University

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Ulf Jonsell - Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Identifiers:

SND-ID: ECDS 0159

Description:

During IPY4-Kinnvika an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) was installed on the western margin of the Vestfonna Ice Cap, Svalbard by a group from the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. The record includes data from 1 May 2007 – 30 April 2009 on air temperature, relative humidity, 4-component radiation, wind speed, wind direction and inclination (tilt) of the radiation instrument arm. Data are hourly means (2-hourly August 2007-April 2008, due to limited storage capacity) of readings every minute. Minor gaps exist in the record. Temperature sensors are unventilated.

Language:

English

Time period(s) investigated:

2007-04-22 — 2009-05-01

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Lowest geographic unit:

Country

Time Method:

Subject area:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Climatology / Meteorology / Atmosphere (INSPIRE topic categories)

Keywords:

Atmosphere, Meteorology, Cryosphere, Ablation Zones/Accumulation Zones, Glaciers, Ice Sheets, ice sheets, ablation Zones, accumulation Zones

Download metadata:

Version 1.0:

2017-05-12 doi:10.5879/ggjr-7k44

Metadata added

Download data:

ECDS 0159-001 Automatic Weather Station Data from the Vestfonna Ice Cap.txt (1.12 MB)

License:

Creative Commons License

Automatic Weather Station Data from the Vestfonna Ice Cap

Suggested citation:

Ulf Jonsell. Uppsala University (2017). Automatic Weather Station Data from the Vestfonna Ice Cap. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5879/ggjr-7k44

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Ulf Jonsell - Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

Description:

During IPY4-Kinnvika an Automatic Weather Station (AWS) was installed on the western margin of the Vestfonna Ice Cap, Svalbard by a group from the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. The record includes data from 1 May 2007 – 30 April 2009 on air temperature, relative humidity, 4-component radiation, wind speed, wind direction and inclination (tilt) of the radiation instrument arm. Data are hourly means (2-hourly August 2007-April 2008, due to limited storage capacity) of r

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Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Collection methodology:

Physical measurements

Time period(s) investigated:

2007-05-01 — 2009-04-30

Published: 2017-08-30