in the Norwegian Arctic AUTHORS:

• Main Authors: Eirik J. Førl, Inger Hanssen-bauer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Precipitation; Temperature; Precipitation types SIGNATURES; Jan Mayen; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.615.3582; http://met.no/Forskning/Publikasjoner/Publikasjoner_2002/filestore/klima-02-24.pdf

The first part of the paper gives a review of recent and projected climatic variations in the Norwegian Arctic. The annual temperature has increased in the Svalbard region and at Jan Mayen during the latest decades, but the present level is still lower than in the 1930s. Measured annual precipitatio...