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, ablation zones, ice sheets, accumulation zones

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Principal organisation

Uppsala University

Responsible department/unit

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

Data contains personal data

No

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, ablation zones, ice sheets, accumulation zones

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Version 1.0

2017-05-12
https://doi.org/10.5879/ggjr-7k44

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Automatic Weather Station Data from the Vestfonna Ice Cap

Citation

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

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
Last updated: 2020-02-13