Greenland Daily Surface Weather Observations from 8 Stations, 1987-1991

Daily surface observations from 8 polar automatic weather stations on Greenland for January 1987 to October 1991. Observations are reported every 3 hours. The dataset is archived by the University of Wisconsin and was last updated in June 1998.

Use Cases

• Modeling daily weather patterns in Greenland based on 3-hourly observation intervals
• Analyzing polar climate trends based on surface observations from automatic weather stations
• Validating regional climate models for Greenland based on station data from 1987-1991

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 4-year, 10-month period from 1987 to 1991
• Observations are reported at a high temporal resolution of every 3 hours
• Data is sourced from 8 distinct automatic weather stations on Greenland

Limitations

• Last updated 1998-06 19 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

University of Wisconsin

Collection Method

Observations from polar automatic weather stations

Time Range

January 1987 to October 1991

Freshness

Last updated 1998-06-19 23:59:59.999000

Geography

Greenland