Citation:

PANGAEA.995120

Name: Meteorological and radiation measurements during the North Pole 28 (NP-28) drifting station, 1987 - Standard meteorological measurements
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 (see https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.995119). The radiation data 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 - Standardized fixed-hour short-wave actinometric observations [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.995119

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 83.405478 * Median Longitude: 165.086184 * South-bound Latitude: 80.480000 * West-bound Longitude: 148.540000 * North-bound Latitude: 86.420000 * East-bound Longitude: 173.120000

Date/Time Start: 1987-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1987-12-31T18:00:00

Minimum ALTITUDE: 2 m * Maximum ALTITUDE: 2 m

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	LATITUDE	Latitude		Zachek, Andrey		Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Zachek, Andrey		Geocode
4	ALTITUDE	Altitude	m	Zachek, Andrey		Geocode
5	Air temperature at 2 m height	T2	°C	Zachek, Andrey	Thermometer, JSC "Termopribor", TM-4-1
6	Surface temperature	Surf temp	°C	Zachek, Andrey	Thermometer, JSC "Termopribor", TM-4-1
7	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Zachek, Andrey	Hair hygrometer, JSC "NPO Typhoon", M-19
8	Pressure, atmospheric	PPPP	hPa	Zachek, Andrey	Siphon-cup mercury barometer, М-67
9	Total cloud amount	N	tenths	Zachek, Andrey	Visual observation
10	Low cloud amount	Nl	tenths	Zachek, Andrey	Visual observation
11	Wind direction	dd	deg	Zachek, Andrey	Remote Anemo-rhumbometer
12	Wind speed	ff	m/s	Zachek, Andrey	Remote Anemo-rhumbometer
13	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation	SWD	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Pyranometer, Yanishevsky, M-80
14	Long-wave upward radiation	LWU	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Pyrgeometer, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, P8-12 [8–12 μm]
15	Long-wave downward radiation	LWD	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Pyrgeometer, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute/Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, P2-30 [1.8–30 μm]
16	Net radiation	NET	W/m²	Zachek, Andrey	Thermoelectric Balance Meter, Yanishevsky, M-10

License:

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

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

45483 data points

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