Comparison of meteorological conditions in Svalbard fjords: Hornsund and Kongsfjorden

• Autorzy: Cisek M. , Makuch P. , Petelski T.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1016/j.oceano.2017.06.004

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper presents the results of a comparison of basic meteorological parameters in two Arctic fjords situated on the west coast of Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago. Air temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity and cloud cover from the period 2005 to 2016 are described and compared with previous (from 1975) analyses of meteorological conditions in the investigated region. Such a choice of dates coincides with the time the GAME project measurements were carried out. The main goal of this study was to compare meteorological conditions in two fjords: Hornsund and Kongsfjorden, during the time of rapid climate changes. The results are collated with research results available in literature from previous years. We discovered that in the investigated period the climate of the Hornsund region is more oceanic than in Kongsfjorden. The stable level of the difference in climate elements is manifested and is evident mainly through greater amplitudes in air temperatures in Kongsfjorden, and in stronger winds in Hornsund.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

arctic meteorology; GAME; Growing of Marine Arctic Ecosystem project; Svalbard

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Oceanologia
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: No. 59 (4)
• Strony: 413--421
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 18 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Cisek M.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

autor

Makuch P.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

autor

Petelski T.

• Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).