Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard
Abstract The paper aims to present research into both the long-term variability in the ice days in Svalbard representing the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, and their relations to atmospheric circulation. Ice days are defined as days with a daily maximum temperature below 0°C (Tmax<0°C). They...
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crdegruyter:10.2478/bgeo-2013-0005 2023-05-15T15:04:44+02:00 Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard Łupikasza, Ewa Niedźwiedź, Tadeusz 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bgeo-2013-0005 http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgeo/6/1/article-p81.xml https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bgeo.2013.6.issue-1/bgeo-2013-0005/bgeo-2013-0005.pdf unknown Walter de Gruyter GmbH Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series volume 6, issue 1, page 81-97 ISSN 2080-7686 Geophysics Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2013 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.2478/bgeo-2013-0005 2022-04-14T05:01:44Z Abstract The paper aims to present research into both the long-term variability in the ice days in Svalbard representing the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, and their relations to atmospheric circulation. Ice days are defined as days with a daily maximum temperature below 0°C (Tmax<0°C). They are considered to be amongst the most important indices of current climate change. All the available data on daily maximum air temperature from three Norwegian stations (Svalbard Airport (Svalbard Lufthavn), Bjørnøya and Hopen) and from the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund (SW Spitsbergen) have been employed. The relevance of atmospheric circulation to the frequency of the occurrence of ice days was evaluated by calculating the Spearman correlation coefficients between the frequency of ice days and three regional circulation indices: zonal westerly circulation index (W), meridional southerly circulation index (S) and index of cyclonicity (C). At all the stations the number of ice days exhibited significant decreasing trends in the period of 1979-2012. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Bjørnøya Bjørnøya Climate change Hopen Hornsund Svalbard Hopen Spitsbergen De Gruyter (via Crossref) Arctic Svalbard Hornsund ENVELOPE(15.865,15.865,76.979,76.979) Bjørnøya ENVELOPE(-67.250,-67.250,-68.151,-68.151) Hopen ENVELOPE(9.279,9.279,63.379,63.379) Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series 6 1 81 97 |
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Abstract The paper aims to present research into both the long-term variability in the ice days in Svalbard representing the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, and their relations to atmospheric circulation. Ice days are defined as days with a daily maximum temperature below 0°C (Tmax<0°C). They are considered to be amongst the most important indices of current climate change. All the available data on daily maximum air temperature from three Norwegian stations (Svalbard Airport (Svalbard Lufthavn), Bjørnøya and Hopen) and from the Polish Polar Station in Hornsund (SW Spitsbergen) have been employed. The relevance of atmospheric circulation to the frequency of the occurrence of ice days was evaluated by calculating the Spearman correlation coefficients between the frequency of ice days and three regional circulation indices: zonal westerly circulation index (W), meridional southerly circulation index (S) and index of cyclonicity (C). At all the stations the number of ice days exhibited significant decreasing trends in the period of 1979-2012. |
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Łupikasza, Ewa Niedźwiedź, Tadeusz |
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Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard |
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Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard |
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Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard |
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Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard |
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Frequency of Ice Days at Selected Meteorological Stations in Svalbard |
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frequency of ice days at selected meteorological stations in svalbard |
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