Wawrzyniak, Tomasz; Osuch, Marzena (2019): Annual mean visibility (1983-2018) at the Arctic meteorological station Hornsund, Spitsbergen [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.909014, In: Wawrzyniak, T; Osuch, M (2019): A consistent High Arctic climatological dataset (1979-2018) of the Polish Polar Station Hornsund (SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.909042
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Wawrzyniak, Tomasz; Osuch, Marzena (2020): A 40-year High Arctic climatological dataset of the Polish Polar Station Hornsund (SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard). Earth System Science Data, 12, 805-815, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-805-2020
Coverage:
Latitude: 77.000000 * Longitude: 15.550000
Date/Time Start: 1983-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2018-12-31T00:00:00
Event(s):
Hornsund_Station (WMO01003) * Latitude: 77.000000 * Longitude: 15.550000 * Location: Spitsbergen * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS)
Comment:
The horizontal visibility is quantified using observations made by meteorologists in the surroundings of the Hornsund Station with a marine scale that range from 1 to 9. The visual observations are performed using known distances to the surrounding mountains and other objects. Values 1 and 2 correspond to very bad visibility, 0-50 m and 50-200 m, respectively. Bad visibility (200 m - 1 km) is represented by value 3. Weak horizontal visibility represents conditions with 1-2 km and 2-4 km that are quantified as 4 and 5 in the applied scale. Moderate horizontal visibility, described as 6 in the scale, represent conditions when an object or light can be clearly discerned from 4-10 km. Good horizontal visibility (7 in the scale) is 10-20 km, very good (8) 20-50 km and extremely good (9) is for horizontal visibility larger than 50 km.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Wawrzyniak, Tomasz | Geocode – start | ||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Wawrzyniak, Tomasz | Geocode – end | ||
| 3 | Visibility | Visibility | code | Wawrzyniak, Tomasz | annual mean |
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