Name | Variables | Temporal Coverage | Spatial Coverage | Person Organization |
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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</a> </th> <td>time-series sea level pressure; precipitation and surface/air anomalies </td> <td>1889-2002</td> <td>Arctic</td> <td><p>Todd Mitchell</p> <p>UW</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope=" row="">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 | daily | hemispheric | NCEP |
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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 | Arctic | Drew Rothrock UW/PSC |
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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 |