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SEARCH-Relevant Datasets
Atmospheric Datasets
| Name |
Variables |
Temporal Coverage |
Spatial Coverage |
Person Organization |
| Alaska Climate Research Center |
climate |
1905-2004 |
Alaska Stations |
Geophysical Institute UAF |
| Annular Modes |
Arctic and Antarctic indices |
1965-present |
Northern and Southern hemispheres |
David Thompson Colorado State University |
| Arctic Oscillation |
time-series sea level pressure; precipitation and surface/air anomalies |
1889-2002 |
Arctic |
Todd Mitchell UW |
| Circumarctic Environmental Observatory Network (CEON) |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
C. Tweedie Michigan State Univ. |
| International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP) |
sea-level pressure, ice motion, ocean salinity & temperature |
real-time 1997-present |
drifting throughout Arctic and subarctic |
Ignatius Rigor UW/PSC |
| International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
| NCEP Arctic Oscillation Index |
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daily |
hemispheric |
NCEP |
| North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) |
ocean salinity, sea ice thickness and temperature |
2000-present |
North Pole environs |
Jamie Morison UW/PSC |
| Polar Exchange at the Sea Surface (POLES) |
surface air temperature |
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Arctic |
Drew Rothrock UW/PSC |
| SHEBA |
cloud properties, radiation, surface winds, cloud boundaries, radar reflectivity, meteorological balloons, spectral light |
1997-98: 24,48 & 72 surface forecasts;12 hr. radar reflectivity readings |
icebreaker frozen in Arctic pack ice and allowed to drift |
Richard Moritz UW/PSC |
| World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Center (WOUDC) |
6 ozone categories and 3 UV radiation archives |
1960-present |
400 stations |
various WOUDC |
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