Variability of humidity conditions in the Arctic during the first International Polar Year, 1882-83
Of all the early instrumental data for the Arctic, the meteorological data gathered during the first International Polar Year, in 1882–83 (IPY-1), are the best in terms of coverage, quality and resolution. Research carried out during IPY-1 scientific expeditions brought a significant contribution to...
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ftunivtorunir:oai:repozytorium.umk.pl:item/2607 2023-05-15T14:40:07+02:00 Variability of humidity conditions in the Arctic during the first International Polar Year, 1882-83 Wyszyński, Przemysław Przybylak, Rajmund 2014-09-08 http://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/2607 eng eng Co-Action Publishing Polar Research 2014, 33, 23896, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.23896 http://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/2607 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/pl/ Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Poland info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY-NC humidity conditions Arctic early instrumental period historical climatology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftunivtorunir https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.23896 2022-02-22T17:31:04Z Of all the early instrumental data for the Arctic, the meteorological data gathered during the first International Polar Year, in 1882–83 (IPY-1), are the best in terms of coverage, quality and resolution. Research carried out during IPY-1 scientific expeditions brought a significant contribution to the development of hygrometry in polar regions at the end of the 19th century. The present paper gives a detailed analysis of a unique series of humidity measurements that were carried out during IPY-1 at hourly resolutions at nine meteorological stations, relatively evenly distributed in the High Arctic. It gives an overall view of the humidity conditions prevalent in the Arctic at that time. The results show that the spatial distribution of atmospheric water vapour pressure (e) and relative humidity (RH) in the Arctic during IPY-1 was similar to the present. In the annual course the highest values of e were noted in July and August, while the lowest occurred in the cold half of the year. In comparison to present-day conditions (1961–1990), the mean values of RH in the IPY-1 period (September 1882 to July 1883) were higher by 2.4–5.6%. Most of the changes observed between historical and modern RH values are not significant. The majority of historical daily RH values lie between a distance of less than two standard deviations from current long-term monthly means. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic International Polar Year IPY Polar Research Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK) Torun: RUM@K Arctic Polar Research 33 1 23896 |
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Of all the early instrumental data for the Arctic, the meteorological data gathered during the first International Polar Year, in 1882–83 (IPY-1), are the best in terms of coverage, quality and resolution. Research carried out during IPY-1 scientific expeditions brought a significant contribution to the development of hygrometry in polar regions at the end of the 19th century. The present paper gives a detailed analysis of a unique series of humidity measurements that were carried out during IPY-1 at hourly resolutions at nine meteorological stations, relatively evenly distributed in the High Arctic. It gives an overall view of the humidity conditions prevalent in the Arctic at that time. The results show that the spatial distribution of atmospheric water vapour pressure (e) and relative humidity (RH) in the Arctic during IPY-1 was similar to the present. In the annual course the highest values of e were noted in July and August, while the lowest occurred in the cold half of the year. In comparison to present-day conditions (1961–1990), the mean values of RH in the IPY-1 period (September 1882 to July 1883) were higher by 2.4–5.6%. Most of the changes observed between historical and modern RH values are not significant. The majority of historical daily RH values lie between a distance of less than two standard deviations from current long-term monthly means. |
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Variability of humidity conditions in the Arctic during the first International Polar Year, 1882-83 |
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Variability of humidity conditions in the Arctic during the first International Polar Year, 1882-83 |
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Variability of humidity conditions in the Arctic during the first International Polar Year, 1882-83 |
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