Climatological data for Arctic stations.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C., U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau, 1962-Description: tables. 28 cmISSN:
  • 1054-3058
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Climatological data for Arctic stationsOther related works: United States. Environmental Data Service. Climatological data for Arctic Ice Island T-3; Climatological data for Antarctic stationsAlso issued online.
Incomplete contents:
Drifting Station A: Introduction; Map of track and area traversed; Surface data - Average and extreme of maximum and minimum daily temperature (F); Average air temperature (F); Frequency of pressure by 10 MB intervals; Station pressure (Mbs); Number of observations with occurrences of weather; Days with rain, days with snow, rain amount (in), and snowfall (in); Temperature and wind speed (F and Knots); Ceiling - visibility (ft and mi); Total cloud amount (tenths); Rawinsode data; Instrumentation; Table of positions. Drifting Station B: Introduction; Map of track and area traversed; Surface data - Average and extreme of maximum and minimum daily temperature (F); Average air temperature (F); Frequency of pressure by 10 MB intervals; Station pressure (Mbs); Number of observations with occurrences of weather; Days with rain, days with snow, rain amount (in), and snowfall (in); Temperature and wind speed (F and Knots); Ceiling - visibility (ft and mi); Total cloud amount (tenths); Rawinsode data; Instrumentation; Table of positions. Radiation data: Daily and hourly means of total radiation (solar and sky) (T) on a horizontal surface (cal/cm2/hr); Daily and hourly means of total radiations (solar and sky) (R) reflected from the surface (cal/cm2/hr); Daily and hourly means of total radiation balance (Q) (cal/cm2/hr); Daily and hourly means of total incoming radiation (short-wave and long-wave) (Q1) on a horizontal surface (cal/cm2/hr)
Holdings: Jul 1957-Dec 1958 (One volume)
Holdings
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DATA NCAR Library STORAGE D47010 Available 1041-1001
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Drifting Station A: Introduction; Map of track and area traversed; Surface data - Average and extreme of maximum and minimum daily temperature (F); Average air temperature (F); Frequency of pressure by 10 MB intervals; Station pressure (Mbs); Number of observations with occurrences of weather; Days with rain, days with snow, rain amount (in), and snowfall (in); Temperature and wind speed (F and Knots); Ceiling - visibility (ft and mi); Total cloud amount (tenths); Rawinsode data; Instrumentation; Table of positions. Drifting Station B: Introduction; Map of track and area traversed; Surface data - Average and extreme of maximum and minimum daily temperature (F); Average air temperature (F); Frequency of pressure by 10 MB intervals; Station pressure (Mbs); Number of observations with occurrences of weather; Days with rain, days with snow, rain amount (in), and snowfall (in); Temperature and wind speed (F and Knots); Ceiling - visibility (ft and mi); Total cloud amount (tenths); Rawinsode data; Instrumentation; Table of positions. Radiation data: Daily and hourly means of total radiation (solar and sky) (T) on a horizontal surface (cal/cm2/hr); Daily and hourly means of total radiations (solar and sky) (R) reflected from the surface (cal/cm2/hr); Daily and hourly means of total radiation balance (Q) (cal/cm2/hr); Daily and hourly means of total incoming radiation (short-wave and long-wave) (Q1) on a horizontal surface (cal/cm2/hr)

Report no. 1 covers International Geophysical Year, July 1957-Dec. 1958.

Also issued online.

text in English Roman alphabet

numbers in Arabaic

"Compiled at the National Weather Records Center ... under the joint direction of the Polar Operations Project and the offices of Climatology and Meteorological Research of the U.S. Weather Bureau.", 1957/58-

Prepared in cooperation with the National Science Foundation, 1957/58-

Long-term monthly and annual summary data

"One of two booklets summarizing polar meteorological observations."

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