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Tiksi, Russia

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Tiksi

Norilsk City is located at 70N in the Russian Arctic (from Webcams Mania)

International Hydrometeorological Observatory

Location: 71.580 N, 128.92 E

Governing Institution: Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet)

Contributing Agencies: Finnish Meteorological Institute

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Main Station Contact: Dr. Alexander Makshtas (maksh@aari.nw.ru)

Taneil Uttal (Taneil.Uttal@noaa.gov) (U.S. Contact)

Main web site: http://iasoa.org/iasoa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=119

Facilities: There are two buildings that have recently been constructed at Tiksi, a Weather Station and a Clean Air Facility.

Station Mission/Purpose: To serve as an Arctic Observatory site that will contribute atmospheric measurements to the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW), Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), and the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement programs as part of a long term IPY initiative.

Site News:

New instruments heading to Tiksi: To see the details about new instrumentation shipped to Tiksi this fall, click here for English and here for Russian. The installation of these instruments, when complete, will include a Climate Reference Network (CRN) station and a Surface Baseline Radiation Network (BSRN) station.

Topography and History: Tiksi is located in the Sakha Republic of northern Siberia. It is on the coast of the Arctic Ocean and housed a weather station dating from 1932.

Historical meteorological data from Tiksi, 1932-2007, can be found here!

Table of Measurements

MEASUREMENTS	INSTRUMENT/s	TIME PERIOD	DESCRIPTION/INSTRUCTIONS	PIs/ORGANIZATION
Meteorology (T, RH, cloudiness, visibility, precip. intensity, surface air pressure, wind direction, wind speed, and surface state)		1932-2006	Daily data in .xls format, go to Historical data at the bottom of the left-hand menu	Roshydromet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)
Soil temperature		1932-2006	Daily data in .xls format, go to Historical data at the bottom of the left-hand menu	Roshydromet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)
Snow depth		1932-2006	Daily data in .xls format, go to Historical data at the bottom of the left-hand menu	Roshydromet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)
Sea ice climate		1950-1998	Monthly and seasonal blended total concentrations, go to Historical data	Roshydromet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI)