Composite Temperature Record from the Greenland Summit, 1987–1994: Synthesis of Multiple Automatic Weather Station Records and SSM/I Brightness Temperatures

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dc.contributor.authorShuman, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorBindschadler, R. A.
dc.contributor.authorFahnestock, M. A.
dc.contributor.authorAlley, R.B.
dc.contributor.authorStearns, C. R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T14:56:31Z
dc.date.available2022-02-22T14:56:31Z
dc.date.issued1996-06-01
dc.description.abstractAir temperature (Tᴀ) records from automatic weather stations (AWS) in central Greenland and associated Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) brightness temperature (Tʙ) data (37 GHz, vertical polarization) have been used to create a composite, daily, monthly, and annual average temperature record of the Greenland summit for the period 1987–1994. The record is derived primarily from near-surface temperatures from a single station; AWS Cathy (May 1987 to May 1989), which was moved 28 km and became AWS Kenton (starting in June 1989 and continuing). The Cathy daily average Tᴀ record has been converted to the equivalent basis of Kenton by a technique based on the ratio of the contemporaneous daily average Tʙ data from the two locations. The accuracy of this technique has been statistically tested using 16 months of contemporaneous Tᴀ and Tʙ data from the GISP2 and Kenton AWS. The resulting composite temperature record provides a multiyear dataset for comparison to other climate records from the Greenland summit.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe thank the GISP2-SMO, 109th ANG, and PICO, for their logistics support and Peter J. Fawcett, Jianping Mao, and two anonymous reviewers for their technical support. This work was performed while the first author held a National Research Council Associateship at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/9/6/1520-0442_1996_009_1421_ctrftg_2_0_co_2.xmlen_US
dc.format.extent8 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2qyqr-zij2
dc.identifier.citationShuman, C. A., Bindschadler, R. A., Fahnestock, M. A., Alley, R. B., & Stearns, C. R. (1996). Composite Temperature Record from the Greenland Summit, 1987–1994: Synthesis of Multiple Automatic Weather Station Records and SSM/I Brightness Temperatures, Journal of Climate, 9(6), 1421-1428. Retrieved Dec 30, 2021, from https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/9/6/1520-0442_1996_009_1421_ctrftg_2_0_co_2.xmlen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009%3C1421:CTRFTG%3E2.0.CO;2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/24305
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAMSen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleComposite Temperature Record from the Greenland Summit, 1987–1994: Synthesis of Multiple Automatic Weather Station Records and SSM/I Brightness Temperaturesen_US
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9606-767Xen_US

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