Haibin, Deng and Longhua, Lu and Lingen, Bian (2005) Short-term Climate Characteristics at Ny-Ålesund over the Arctic Tundra Area. Advances in Polar Science, 16 (2). pp. 109-120.
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Abstract
Based on the Germany Koldwey Station's 1994-2003 conventional observation hourly data, this paper conducts a statistical analysis on the short-term climate characteristics for an arctic tundra region (Ny-Ålesund island) where our first arctic expedition station (Huanghe Station) was located. Affected by the North Atlantic warming current, this area has a humid temperate climate, and the air temperature at Ny-Ålesund rose above 0°C even during deep winter season during our research period. The wind speed in this area was low and appeared most at southeast direction. We find that the temperature at Ny-Ålesund rose in the faster rate (0.68°C / 10 a) than those at the whole Arctic area. Compared with the floating ices where our expedition conducted in the Arctic, Ny-Ålesund was warmer and more humid and had lower wind speed. Comparison of the near surface air temperature derived by NCEP/NCAR reanalysis to the conventional measurements conducted at the Koldwey site in Ny-Ålesund area shows a good agreement for winter season and a significant difference for summer season.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ny-Ålesund, Huanghe Station, Koldwey Station, Climate characteristics, NCEP/NCAR. |
| Subjects: | Unspecified |
| Organizations: | Unspecified |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2023 14:27 |
| URI: | http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2295 |
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