Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer for Newcomers to the North

URL: http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/index.html

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This primer introduces basic concepts about the arctic, including weather and climate, synoptic meteorology, and optical and acoustic phenomena. Sections on factors affecting arctic weather and climate include: latitude, land/sea distribution, solar radiation, air temperature and pressure, winds, humidity, clouds, precipitation, and arctic energy budget. Sections on factors affecting weather patterns cover: cyclones, anticyclones, the polar vortex, semipermanent highs and lows, polar lows, the arctic as a heat sink, arctic oscillation, feedback loops, and climate change. There is also a photo gallery based on life on a Russian North Pole drifting station.

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Subject keyword(s)	Astronomy, Atmospheric science, Climatology, Earth science, Geology, Geophysics, Geoscience, Meteorology, Physical sciences, Science, Space Science, Space sciences
Grade level	Higher Education, Informal Education
Resource type	Audio/Visual, Reference Material, Text
Resource format	text, text/html
Rights	Please acknowledge use of this Primer by citing it as follows: Taken from the NSIDC Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer (http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/). How to Acknowledge Use of Figures or Images: Examples, where an external source is listed: Figure from the NSIDC Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer, attributed to G. Holloway, Bedford Institure of Ocean Sciences (http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/). Map from the NSIDC Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer, attributed to K. Crane and J.L. Galasso, 1999 (http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/).Where a source is not listed: Figure from the NSIDC Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Primer (http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/).

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