(Page 204-331) Monthly mean surface meteorology at station Point Barrow

• Main Authors: Ray, P H, Hazen, W B
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2010
• Subjects: DATE/TIME; Station pressure, monthly mean; Temperature, air, monthly mean; Humidity, relative, monthly mean; Wind speed, monthly mean; Cloud cover, monthly mean; Precipitation, monthly total; Observation; Barometer; Thermometer; Hygrometer; Anemometer; Visual observation; Rain gauge; IPY-1; IPY; Point Barrow; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.548949; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.548949

The station was operational on October 18, 1881. Time = Washington Mean Time (correction for mean local time -5h 17m). The thermometer shelter was installed on the north side of the station building and consisted of wooden louvers on three exposed sides with an additional screen of seal-skin above and below. The shelter was 16 feet long and 4 feet broad, with a walrus hide roof.