IASOA

Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (CADIS) of the AON

IASOA Stations

Barrow (link to data access)

Eureka  

Ny-Ålesund

Summit (link to data access)

Variables Included

• Air temperature (Barrow, Summit)
• Cloud occurence and layering (Atqasuk and Barrow, Eureka, Ny-Alesund, Summit)
• Wind direction (Summit)
• Wind speed (Barrow, Summit)
• Snow accumulation (Summit)
• Current weather (Summit)
• Fog (Summit)
• Visibility (Summit)
• Precipitation (Barrow)
• Light intensity (Barrow)
• NCEP ADP Global Surface Observations (February 1975-present)

Click on the links above to direct your browser to data access locations.  Go to the Summit link to access AWS (1993-2000), snow accumulation (1990-2008), and fog data (1993 and 1996) for Summit, Greenland.  The Barrow link contains hourly climate data for both Barrow and Atqasuk from 1998-2008.  For an extensive list of all data archives at CADIS go to http://www.aoncadis.org/aon_ds/Current_AON_Dataset_Listing.html.

National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center - Interactive Snow Information (NOAA)

IASOA Stations (with station SHEF ID)
Barrow   PABR  (Post Rogers Memorial Airport)

Barrow   BROA2 (Barrow ENE)

Atqasuk  MDEA2 (Meade River at Atqasuk)

Variables Included

• Snow water equivalent
• Snow depth
• Snow cover
• Snow Melt
• Precipitation
• Cumulative precipitation
• Snow pack temperature
• Density by layer
• Snow surface
• Mean snow pack
• Air temperature
• Sublimation
• Weather forcing
• Snow surface energy exchanges
• Snow surface radiation fluxes

Hourly plots are available from 2002-present of snow characteristics at two stations in Barrow (PABR and BROA2) and one near Atqasuk (MDEA2).  Click on the link for each station ID to access the individual site's snow data.