Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen
Daily temperature measurements from six meteorological stations along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen have been digitized and quality controlled in a Norwegian, Russian and Polish collaboration. Complete daily data series have been reconstructed back to 1948 for all of the stations. One...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:d624035b7b0a41e2bff2071e298d6d49 2023-05-15T15:10:10+02:00 Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen Herdis M. Gjelten Øyvind Nordli Ketil Isaksen Eirik J. Førland Pavel N. Sviashchennikov Przemyslaw Wyszynski Uliana V. Prokhorova Rajmund Przybylak Boris V. Ivanov Alexandra V. Urazgildeeva 2016-07-01 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29878 https://doaj.org/article/d624035b7b0a41e2bff2071e298d6d49 en eng Norwegian Polar Institute 1751-8369 doi:10.3402/polar.v35.29878 https://doaj.org/article/d624035b7b0a41e2bff2071e298d6d49 undefined Polar Research, Vol 35, Iss 0, Pp 1-13 (2016) Svalbard Arctic trends development warming temperature changes geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2016 fttriple https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.29878 2023-01-22T19:28:15Z Daily temperature measurements from six meteorological stations along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen have been digitized and quality controlled in a Norwegian, Russian and Polish collaboration. Complete daily data series have been reconstructed back to 1948 for all of the stations. One of the station's monthly temperature series has previously been extended back to 1898 and is included in this study. The long-term series show large temperature variability on western Spitsbergen with colder periods in the 1910s and 1960s and warmer periods in the 1930s, 1950s and in the 21st century. The most recent years are the warmest ones in the instrumental records. There is a positive and statistically significant trend in the annual times series for all of the stations; however, the strongest warming is seen in winter and spring. For the period 1979–2015, the linear trends range from 1.0 to 1.3°C/decade for the annual series and from 2.0 to 2.3°C/decade in winter. Threshold statistics demonstrate a decrease in the number of cold days per year and an increase in the number of warm days. A decreasing inter-annual variability is observed. In winter, spring and autumn, the stations in the northernmost areas of west Spitsbergen and in the innermost parts of Isfjorden are the coldest ones. In summer, however, the southernmost station is the coldest one. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Isfjord* Isfjord* Isfjorden Isfjorden Polar Research Svalbard Spitsbergen Unknown Arctic Svalbard Polar Research 35 1 29878 |
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Daily temperature measurements from six meteorological stations along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen have been digitized and quality controlled in a Norwegian, Russian and Polish collaboration. Complete daily data series have been reconstructed back to 1948 for all of the stations. One of the station's monthly temperature series has previously been extended back to 1898 and is included in this study. The long-term series show large temperature variability on western Spitsbergen with colder periods in the 1910s and 1960s and warmer periods in the 1930s, 1950s and in the 21st century. The most recent years are the warmest ones in the instrumental records. There is a positive and statistically significant trend in the annual times series for all of the stations; however, the strongest warming is seen in winter and spring. For the period 1979–2015, the linear trends range from 1.0 to 1.3°C/decade for the annual series and from 2.0 to 2.3°C/decade in winter. Threshold statistics demonstrate a decrease in the number of cold days per year and an increase in the number of warm days. A decreasing inter-annual variability is observed. In winter, spring and autumn, the stations in the northernmost areas of west Spitsbergen and in the innermost parts of Isfjorden are the coldest ones. In summer, however, the southernmost station is the coldest one. |
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Herdis M. Gjelten Øyvind Nordli Ketil Isaksen Eirik J. Førland Pavel N. Sviashchennikov Przemyslaw Wyszynski Uliana V. Prokhorova Rajmund Przybylak Boris V. Ivanov Alexandra V. Urazgildeeva |
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Herdis M. Gjelten Øyvind Nordli Ketil Isaksen Eirik J. Førland Pavel N. Sviashchennikov Przemyslaw Wyszynski Uliana V. Prokhorova Rajmund Przybylak Boris V. Ivanov Alexandra V. Urazgildeeva |
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Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen |
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Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen |
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Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen |
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Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen |
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Air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western Spitsbergen |
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air temperature variations and gradients along the coast and fjords of western spitsbergen |
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