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Citation:
Neumayer, Georg Balthazar; Börgen, Carl Nicolay Jensen (2010): (Page 35-117) Hourly meteorological observations at the german polar station South Georgia. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.603680
Reference(s):
Neumayer, Georg Balthazar; Börgen, Carl Nicolay Jensen (1886): Die Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse der Deutschen Stationen, Band II.: Süd-Georgien und das magnetische Observatorium der kaiserlichen Marine Wilhelmshaven. Berlin: Verlag von A. Asher & Co, 2, 609 pp, hdl:10013/epic.31422.d001 *
Coverage:
Latitude: -54.520987 * Longitude: -36.089887
Date/Time Start: 1882-09-14T22:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1883-09-03T19:00:00
Event(s):
South_Georgia * * Latitude: -54.520987 * Longitude: -36.089887 * Date/Time Start: 1882-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1883-07-31T00:00:00 * Elevation: 0.0 m * Campaign: IPY-1 (International Polar Year 1881-1884) * * Device: Observation *
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethodComment
1DATE/TIME *Date/TimeGeocode
2Station pressure *PoPoPoPohPaNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Barometer *height above sea level 6.5 m; original data in [mm Hg] calculated to [hPa] by a factor of 1.315789
3Temperature, air *TTTdeg CNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Thermometer *height above ground 2 m
4Vapour tension *ehPaNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Hygrometer *height above ground 2 m; original data in [mm Hg] calculated to [hPa] by a factor of 1.315789
5Humidity, relative *RH%Neumayer, Georg Balthazar *Hygrometer *height above ground 2 m
6Wind direction description *Wind dir descrNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Anemometer *height above ground 8.6 m
7Wind direction *dddegNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *calculated from wind direction description *height above ground 8.6 m
8Wind speed *ffm/sNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Anemometer *height above ground 8.6 m
9Cloud cover *Cloud cov%Neumayer, Georg Balthazar *Visual observation *original data given in tenth
10Cloud description *Cloud descrNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Visual observation *
11Cloud direction description *Cloud dir descrNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Visual observation *
12Cloud direction *Cloud dirdegNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *calculated from cloud direction description *
13Hydrometeor *HydrometeorcodeNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Visual observation *
14Precipitation, daily total *Precip day totalmmNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Rain gauge *
15Precipitation, daily total *Precip day totalmmNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Rain gauge *top
16Precipitation, daily total *Precip day totalmmNeumayer, Georg Balthazar *Rain gauge *bottom
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CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
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