Citation:

PANGAEA.995119

Name: Meteorological and radiation measurements during the North Pole 28 (NP-28) drifting station, 1987 - Standardized fixed-hour short-wave actinometric observations
Creator: Andrey Zachek
Published: 2026-05-22
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Published: 2026-05-22 • DOI registered: 2026-05-22

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Abstract:

This dataset provides meteorological and actinometric observations from the Soviet drifting station North Pole 28 (NP-28) in the Central Arctic, 1987. Experimental studies were carried out at the drifting station, which operated in the Central Arctic Basin from February to October 1987. It includes air and surface temperatures, humidity, pressure, wind data, and cloud cover. The radiation data (see https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995120) covers hourly averages of long-wave (upward/downward) and short-wave global radiation, as well as fixed-hour solar radiation measurements (direct, diffuse, and reflected).

Supplement to:

Zachek, Andrey; Yurganov, Leonid (2026): Longwave Radiation Variability in the Arctic: Forty Years of Change Under Reducing Global Anthropogenic SO2 Emissions. Atmosphere, 17(5), 513, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17050513

Related to:

Zachek, Andrey (2026): Meteorological and radiation measurements during the North Pole 28 (NP-28) drifting station, 1987 - Standard meteorological measurements [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995120

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 82.978279 * Median Longitude: 164.104508 * South-bound Latitude: 81.060000 * West-bound Longitude: 148.540000 * North-bound Latitude: 85.300000 * East-bound Longitude: 170.000000

Date/Time Start: 1987-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-09-30T00:00:00

Event(s):

NorthPole_SP-28 * Latitude Start: 81.180000 * Longitude Start: 169.420000 * Latitude End: 86.240000 * Longitude End: 172.300000 * Date/Time Start: 1987-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-31T00:00:00 * Basis: Drifting Station SP-28

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Zachek, Andrey		Geocode
2	Local Time	Local time		Zachek, Andrey		True solar time
3	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zachek, Andrey		Geocode
4	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zachek, Andrey		Geocode
5	Air temperature at 2 m height	T2	°C	Zachek, Andrey	Thermometer, JSC "Termopribor", TM-4-1	instantaneous value
6	Direct radiation	DIR	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Actinometer, Yanishevsky, AT-50	instantaneous value
7	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation	SWD	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Pyranometer, Yanishevsky, M-80	instantaneous value
8	Diffuse radiation	DIF	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Pyranometer, Yanishevsky, M-80	instantaneous value
9	Short-wave upward (REFLEX) radiation	SWU	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Pyranometer, Yanishevsky, M-80	instantaneous value
10	Total cloud amount	N	tenths	Zachek, Andrey	Visual observation	instantaneous value
11	Low cloud amount	Nl	tenths	Zachek, Andrey	Visual observation	instantaneous value

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

7808 data points

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