CRYONET Site Questionnaire: Tiksi Hydrometeorological Observatory, Russian
Federation
Site specific metadata:
Name of site: Tiksi Hydrometeorological Observatory
Latitude/Longitude/Altitude: 71.580 N, 128.92 E
Landscape type (e.g. arctic coastal, tundra, alpine…): arctic coastal, tundra
Onsite technical staff: 3-5
All-year round observations y/n:
YES
Year established: 1932
Link to website if available:
http://iasoa.org/iasoa/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=119
Station manager (Email): "Evgeny Danilovich Volkov" <pagoda@tiksi.sakha.ru>
Organisation in charge of station: Yakut Administration for Hydrometeorology and Environmental
Monitoring
Other information: Joint Russian-U.S.-Finnish Program
Monitoring of the atmosphere:
Solid precipitation:
Yes – every 12 hours
Snowfall: Yes – Detailed every 3 hours
Trace gases: YES. GAW Flask Samples and continuous measurements of methane
Aerosols: YES ( including AeroNET submitting)
UV, stratospheric ozone: YES
Radiation (longwave, shortwave) YES (including BSRN submitting)
Others: CRN, Flux Tower, Black Carbon, CN, CO2, Standard Meterological
Snow cover
Physical parameters: Extent, depth
Chemical parameters: isotope ratios. chemistry
Others:
Glaciers and ice caps
Mass balance (measured parameters): NA
Ice flow (measured parameters): NA
Basal water pressure (measured parameters): NA
Others:
Sea ice
Mass balance (measured parameters): Thickness, Extent
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters): No
Snow on ice (measured parameters): Yes
Ice chemistry (measured parameters): Yes
Others: Water on Sea-Ice, Albedo, temperature profiles and salinity of ice, sedimentation
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/events/2012/tiksi/pdf/Makshtas_FastIce.pdf
Permafrost
Borehole measurements (measured parameters): In vicinity
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters): ALL
Snow on ground (measured parameters): depth, extent
Active layer thickness (measured parameters): temperature profiles, surface fluxes
GST:
Others:
Ice sheet
Mass balance (measured parameters): NA
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters): NA
Snow on ice (measured parameters): NA
Ice chemistry (measured parameters): NA
Others: NA
Other measurements (hydrological, ecological, oceanographic, etc)
Hydrology (measured parameters):
Ecology (measured parameters)
Oceanography (measured parameters):
Other thematic linkages:
Linkages to satellite data (describe validation programs, applications of satellite data, etc.)
Participation in international monitoring programmes such as GAW, GTN-G, GTN-P, ….
Networks and start of contribution: IASOA: 2010 (official opening). AEROnet (2010), BSRN (2010), GAW
(intended to develop from regional to global station in 2013), CRN (intended to be commissioned in
2010)