(Page II-LXXVII) Hourly meteorological observations during the drift of Vessel Varna

The Netherlands expedition intended to establish a station at Port Dikson, at the mouth of the Ienissei (Yenisey) river, but their ship was beset in heavy sea ice in the Kara Sea. The Varna, along with the Danish vessel Dijmphna, drifted with the ice for the entire IPY year. A station was built on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Snellen, M, Ekama, H
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2010
Subjects:
DATE/TIME
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
Latitude 2
Longitude 2
Station pressure
Temperature, air
Vapour tension
Humidity, relative
Wind direction description
Wind direction
Wind speed
Cloud cover
Cloud type
Cloud direction description
Hydrometeor
Precipitation, daily total
Ship Weather Station
Barometer
Thermometer
Hygrometer
Anemometer
Calculated from wind direction description
Visual observation
Rain gauge
IPY-1
Kara Sea
Yenisey
Dikson
Port Dikson
IPY
Sea ice
yenisey river
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.549038
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.549038
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Summary:The Netherlands expedition intended to establish a station at Port Dikson, at the mouth of the Ienissei (Yenisey) river, but their ship was beset in heavy sea ice in the Kara Sea. The Varna, along with the Danish vessel Dijmphna, drifted with the ice for the entire IPY year. A station was built on the sea ice in October, near the two trapped ships. The Varna was crushed and finally sank on July 24, 1883. The position given is approximately central to the drift of the two ships.Sampling intervals and instrument locations varied during the period. Observations were made 6 times per day until October 9, when the station became operational, and during August 1883, after the station was abandoned. The placement of instruments is given:Barometer elevation: Aug and Sep 1882 = 0 m, Nov and Dec 1882 = 1.15 m, Jan to Jul 1883 = 2.5 m, Aug 1883 = 0.8 mThermometer elevation: Aug to Sep 1882 = on vessel, Oct 1882 on Jul 1883 = 3 m, Aug 1883 = 0.8 mAnemometer height: Installed at 7.20 m in Jan 1883The heights and elevations above also varied from the actual surface due to the accumulation and melting of snow and ice under the instrument installations.

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