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 |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0)
Size:
36 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time (start) | 2 Date/Time (end) | 3 Visibility [code] (annual mean) |
|---|---|---|
| 1983-01-01 | 1983-12-31 | 7.2 |
| 1984-01-01 | 1984-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 1985-01-01 | 1985-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 1986-01-01 | 1986-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 1987-01-01 | 1987-12-31 | 7.7 |
| 1988-01-01 | 1988-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 1989-01-01 | 1989-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 1990-01-01 | 1990-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 1991-01-01 | 1991-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 1992-01-01 | 1992-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 1993-01-01 | 1993-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 1994-01-01 | 1994-12-31 | 7.2 |
| 1995-01-01 | 1995-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 1996-01-01 | 1996-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1997-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 1998-01-01 | 1998-12-31 | 7.6 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1999-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 2000-01-01 | 2000-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2001-12-31 | 7.6 |
| 2002-01-01 | 2002-12-31 | 7.3 |
| 2003-01-01 | 2003-12-31 | 7.6 |
| 2004-01-01 | 2004-12-31 | 7.2 |
| 2005-01-01 | 2005-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 2006-01-01 | 2006-12-31 | 7.2 |
| 2007-01-01 | 2007-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2008-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2009-01-01 | 2009-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2011-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2012-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2013-01-01 | 2013-12-31 | 7.5 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2014-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2015-01-01 | 2015-12-31 | 7.2 |
| 2016-01-01 | 2016-12-31 | 7.1 |
| 2017-01-01 | 2017-12-31 | 7.4 |
| 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | 7.4 |