The Micrometeorological Tower at Resolute, N.W.T.
Describes this tower in the Canadian Arctic Islands, and summarizes data, obtained Aug. 1957-Feb. 1961, on vertical profiles of temperature. Average hourly and monthly differences in temperature at 100 and 6.4 ft are presented. These show a temperature drop with increased height in daylight, and a r...
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1963
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3537 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3537/3512 |
| Summary: | Describes this tower in the Canadian Arctic Islands, and summarizes data, obtained Aug. 1957-Feb. 1961, on vertical profiles of temperature. Average hourly and monthly differences in temperature at 100 and 6.4 ft are presented. These show a temperature drop with increased height in daylight, and a rise with height during darkness, also an unexplained inversion in mid-afternoons, Apr.-June. |
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