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Nordicana D1 / DOI : 10.5885/44985SL-8F203FD3ACCD4138

Climate station data from Northern Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada
Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)

Abstract

The data are from the northern region of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It contains data from air and ground temperatures, air humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction and the average snow height. The available datasets cover the period from 2002-2023. For each site, the number of measured variables differs. For ground temperature, the depth ranges are as follows: Ellesmere Taconite Lac C1 (ELLACC1) 20 cm. Ellesmere Parks Canada (ELLEPAR): 20 cm. Ellesmere Lac A (ELLLACA) : 20 cm. Ellesmere Ward Hunt B (WARDHIB) : 0-40 cm. Data are available as: (1) recorded data; (2) daily averages; (3) monthly averages; and (4) yearly averages.

Data citation
CEN 2024. Climate station data from Northern Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, v. 1.9.0 (2002-2023). Nordicana D1, doi: 10.5885/44985SL-8F203FD3ACCD4138.

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Key references
Bégin, P. N., Tanabe, Y., Kumagai, M., Culley, A. I., Paquette, M., Sarrazin, D., Uchida, M. and Vincent, W.F. 2021. Extreme warming and regime shift toward amplified variability in a far northern lake. Limnology and Oceanography 66: S17–S29. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11546.
Vincent, W.F., Fortier, D., Lévesque, E., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Tremblay, B., Sarrazin, D., Antoniades, D., and Mueller, D.R. 2011. Extreme ecosystems and geosystems in the Canadian High Arctic: Ward Hunt Island and vicinity. Ecoscience 18: 236-261. DOI: 10.2980/18-3-3448.

Contributors
Vincent, Warwick (Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval)

Polar Data Catalogue links (Metadata)

CCIN 11675 - Lake C1
CCIN 79 - Ward Hunt island
CCIN 9810 - Lake A

Status
Published

Version history
You can request for data from previous versions at nordicana@cen.ulaval.ca.


Version 1.9.0 (2002-2023) - Updated May 16, 2024
Version 1.8.0 (2002-2022) - Updated December 8, 2022
Version 1.7 (2002-2019) - Updated February 6, 2020
Version 1.6 (2002-2018) - Updated September 17, 2018
Version 1.5 (2002-2017) - Updated January 24, 2018
Version 1.4 (2002-2016) - Updated December 19, 2016
Version 1.3 (2002-2015) - Updated April 11, 2016
Version 1.2 (2002-2014) - Updated October 1, 2014
Version 1.1 (2002-2013) - Updated September 12, 2013
Version 1.0 (2002-2012) - Updated February 4, 2013

Measurement sites

  Site Latitude Longitude Altitude (m) Profondeurs des
températures de sol (m)
Ground temperature depth range (m)		 Startup date Closing date
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Ellesmere Lac A (ELLLACA)
 83.00228 -75.38961 14 0.20 August 1, 2003 July 16, 2016
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Ellesmere Ward Hunt (ELLWARH)
 83.09251 -74.13027 5 August 12, 2005 July 26, 2025
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Ellesmere Ward Hunt B (WARDHIB)
 83.09139 -74.13278 8 0.00 - 0.40 August 5, 2005 July 26, 2025
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Ellesmere Parks Canada (ELLEPAR)
 83.09396 -74.16285 20 0.20 July 1, 2002 July 1, 2010
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Ellesmere Taconite Lac C1 (ELLACC1)
 82.84665 -78.13163 6 0.20 July 7, 2010 July 17, 2015

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