Joint Arctic Weather Project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16865302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R W Rae (0000-0002-4896-1690, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1951 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1951-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ARCTIC (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0843 • E-ISSN: 1923-1245 |
| Publisher | The Arctic Institute of North America (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14430/arctic3932 |
| OpenAlex | W2057316705 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Historical background of weather observation in Canada, and brief account of U.S. and Canadian cooperation in establishing the present network of five arctic weather stations in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Description of methods of preliminary reconnaissance, choice of sites, air transport of supplies, special problems (fire protection, winter water supply, and morale); scientific program and climatic conditions at these far northern stations, and (in general) the system of communication used for transmitting data. The stations of the network discussed are: Eureka on Ellesmere Island (80 13 N, 86 11 W), Resolute on Cornwallis Island (74 41 N, 94 55 W), Isachsen on Ellef Ringnes Island (78 47 N, 103 32 W), Mould Bay on Prince Patrick Island (76 14 N, 199 50 W) and Alert on Ellesmere Island (82 29 N, 62 15 W). Also abstracted in: Meteorological abstracts and bibliography, Nov. 1951. v. 2, no. 11, p. 879
Arctic · Bay · Climatology · Geography · Joint (building) · Meteorology · Physical geography · The arctic · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Climate change and permafrost · Engineering · Environmental Science · Geology · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |