Meteorological Observations during the SEDNA field campaign
Surface atmospheric conditions at the SEDNA weather station:
Summary Statistics 05:50 April 2 to 02:50 April 15 2007 UTC:
VARIABLE RANGE MEDIAN UNITS Barometric Pressure: 994.57 to 1030.43 1013.12 hPa 3m Wind Speed: 0 to 8.64 3.26 m/s 3m Wind Direction: 95 °East 2m air temperature:-29.92 to -7.485 -17.59 °C 2m Relative Humidity: 74.26 to 96.5 84.8 %
12-hourly weather observations at the Applied Physics Laboratory ice camp:
|2007 |Significant Weather |Cloud (Octas) |Vis | |Apr |UTC | |Low |Mid |High |NM | | | | | | | | | |3 |0400|- |- |Ac 4|Cs 4|10 | | |1600|Isolated star-like snow crystals |St 1|Ac 1|- |8 | |4 |0400|Snow grains, fog depositing rime |St 8|- |- |1 | | |1600|- |St 1|Ac 2|Ci 2|8 | |5 |0400|- |- |Ac 2|Cs 2|8 | | |1600|- |St 2|Ac 6|- |8 | |6 |0400|- |St 4|Ac 4|- |8 | | |1600|Low drifting snow |St 4|Ac 4|- |6 | |7 |0400|Continuous slight snow in flakes |- |- |- |5 | | |1600|Intermittent slight snow in flakes |St 8|- |- |2 | | | |Watersky south of camp | | | | | |8 |0400|Intermittent slight snow in flakes |- |As 8|- |2 | | |1600|- |- |Ac 1|- |10 | |9 |0400|- |- |- |- |10 | | |1600|- |- |- |- |10 | |10 |0400|- |- |As 8|- |10 | | |1600|Watersky on East horizon |- |- |Ci 1|10 | |11 |0400|Watersky on Southeast horizon |- |- |- |10 | | |1600|Shallow fog in patches |St 2|- |- |1 | |12 |0400|Watersky on South horizon |- |- |- |10 | | | |Arctic sea smoke over runway lead | | | | | | |1600|Intermittent slight snow in flakes |St 8|- |- |5 |
Download a summary dataset from the SEDNA weather station in NetCDF format here.
Andrew Roberts, October 2007, International Arctic Research Center & Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, aroberts@arsc.edu
