CRYONET Site Questionnaire
Site specific metadata:
Name of site: NOAA Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory
Latitude/Longitude/Altitude: 71.3230° North, 156.6114° West, 11.00 masl
Landscape type (e.g. arctic coastal, tundra, alpine…): Arctic Coastal
Onsite technical staff: (2) Station Chief & Station Technician
All-year round observations y/n: Y
Year established: 1973
Link to website if available: http://esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/brw/index.html
Station manager (Email): Barrow Station Chief – Matthew Martinsen @ matthew.martinsen@noaa.gov
Organisation in charge of station: NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Global Monitoring Division
Other information: Director of Observatories – Brian Vasel @ brian.vasel@noaa.gov (Boulder, CO)
Monitoring of the atmosphere:
Solid precipitation: Y (NOAA Climate Reference Network site)
Trace gases:
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Carbon Monoxide
Molecular Hydrogen
Nitrous Oxide
Sulfur Hexafluoride
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen-18/Oxygen-16 in Carbon Dioxide
Carbon-13/Carbon-12 in Methane
D/H in Methane
HCFC-22
CFC-11
CFC-12
Methyl Chloride
HCFC-142b
Halon-1211
CFC-113
Carbon tetrachloride
Methyl Chloroform
Benzene
toluene
Snowfall: Y (NOAA CRN site)
ethane
ethene
propane
propene
i-butane
n-butane
i-pentane
n-pentane
n-hexane
isoprene
Aerosols:
Light Scattering Coefficient
Light Absorption Coefficient
Particle Number Concentration
Aerosol Chemical Composition
Cloud condensation nucleus number concentration
Aerosol Hygroscopic Growth
Aerosol Size Distribution
Major inorganic components (coarse)
Major inorganic components (fine)
UV, stratospheric ozone:
Surface Ozone
Dobson Total Ozone
UV Erythemally weighted
UV Multiband
UV Spectral
Radiation (longwave, shortwave):
Direct Beam
Shortwave Global
Diffuse
Reflected Shortwave
Downward Longwave
Upward Longwave
Others: Meteorology – see below section (Permafrost)
Snow cover
Physical parameters: Snow depth only
Chemical parameters: None
Others:
Glaciers and ice caps
Mass balance (measured parameters): N/A
Ice flow (measured parameters): N/A
Basal water pressure (measured parameters): N/A
Others:
Sea ice
Mass balance (measured parameters): None
Meteorology: None
Snow on ice (measured parameters): None
Ice chemistry (measured parameters): None
Others:
Permafrost
Borehole measurements (measured parameters): None
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters):
Wind Speed 10 Meters
Wind Direction 10 Meters
Barometric Pressure (Surface)
Relative Humidity (RH) (Surface)
Temperature 2 Meters
Temperature 10 Meters
Snow on ground (measured parameters): Surface Albedo & Snow Depth
Active layer thickness (measured parameters): 1.2m temps at 10 levels
GST: None
Others: Surface skin temp (of ground) from downward-facing pyrgeometer
Ice sheet
Mass balance (measured parameters): None
Meteorology (measured parameters): None
Snow on ice (measured parameters): None
Ice chemistry (measured parameters): None
Others:
Other measurements (hydrological, ecological, oceanographic, etc)
Hydrology (measured parameters): None
Ecology (measured parameters): None
Oceanography (measured parameters): None
Other thematic linkages: US DOE/ARM program co-located at Site
DOE ARM Barrow Site: <http://www.arm.gov/sites/nsa>
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:
WMO/GAW Global Station – 1973
WMO/WCRP BSRN Station - 1973