Overview
The Kluane Lake Research Station (KLRS), part of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA, University of Calgary) has operated an automatic weather station since 2012. A Campbell Scientific SR50 sonic sensor has been installed throughout this time: the archive now offers (almost) continuous records from June 2017. It is intended that this station will remain operational indefinitely.
Provider contact information
KLRS – https://klrs.ca
AINA – https://arctic.ucalgary.ca
Licensing
Publicly available with no constraints – currently on request or
Variable name and units
Temperature, air, 2 m height: 30 min avg (°C) (Temp_Air2m_Avg_30min)
Temperature, radiometer thermistor: 30min avg (K) (Temp_RTD_Avg_30min)
Temperature, datalogger enclosure: 30min avg (°C) (Temp_Enclosure_Avg_30min)
Temperature, air, 2 m height: 30 min min (°C) (Temp_Air2m_Min_30min)
Temperature, air, 2 m height: 30 min max (°C) (Temp_Air2m_Max_30min)
Relative Humidity: 30 min avg (%) (RH_Air2m_Avg_30min)
Wind speed: 30 min avg (m/s) (WindSpd_Avg_30min)
Wind speed: 30 min max (m/s) (WindSpd_Max_30min)
Wind direction: 30 min avg (Deg) (WindDirn_Avg_30min)
Wind direction: 30 min SD (Deg) (WindDirn_SD_30min)
SW radiation, downwelling: 30 min avg, corrected (W/m²) (SW_in_Avg_30min)
SW radiation, downwelling: 30 min SD, corrected (W/m²) (SW_in_SD_30min)
SW radiation, upwelling: 30 min avg, corrected (W/m²) (SW_out_Avg_30min)
LW radiation, downwelling: 30 min avg, corrected (W/m²) (LW_in_Avg_30min)
LW radiation, downwelling: 30 min SD, corrected (W/m²) (LW_in_SD_30min)
LW radiation, upwelling: 30 min avg, corrected (W/m²) (LW_out_Avg_30min)
LW radiation, downwelling: 30 min avg, uncorrected (W/m²) (LW_in_raw_30min)
LW radiation, upwelling: 30 min avg, uncorrected (W/m²) (LW_out_raw_30min)
Rainfall: 30 min total (mm) (Rainfall_Tot_30min)
Snow surface range from sensor: 30 min sample (m) (Snow_Range_30min)
Snow depth: 30 min min (m) (SnowDepth_Min_30min)
Snow depth: 30 min avg (m) (SnowDepth_Avg_30min)
Atmos. Pressure: 30 min avg (mb) (Pressure_Avg_30min)
Temperature, air, 2 m height: 5 min avg (°C) (Temp_Air2m_Avg_5min)
Relative Humidity: 5 min avg (%) (RH_Air2m_Avg_5min)
Wind speed: 5 min avg (m/s) (WindSpd_Avg_5min)
Wind speed: 5 min max (m/s) (WindSpd_Max_5min)
Wind direction: 5 min avg (Deg) (WindDir_Avg_5min)
Wind direction: 5 min SD (Deg) (WindDir_SD_5min)
SW radiation, downwelling: 5 min avg (W/m²) (SW_in_Avg_5min)
SW radiation, upwelling: 5min avg (W/m²) (SW_out_Avg_5min)
Nett radiation: 5 min avg (W/m²) (NR_Wm2_Avg_5min)
Spatial coverage and resolution
Single point, at SW end of Kluane Lake: 61.02759°N, 138.41045°W, 793 m
Temporal coverage and resolution
30-minute observations:
Pressure_Avg_30min: Aug 2012 – May 2013; Aug 2013 – Sep 2014; Jun 2017 – present
Rainfall_Tot_30min: Aug 2013 – Sep 2014; Jun 2017 – present
RH_Air2m_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
Snow_Range_30min: Aug 2012 – May 2013; Aug 2013 – Sep 2014; Jun 2017 – present
SnowDepth_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
SnowDepth_Min_30min: Jun 2017 – present
LW_in_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
LW_in_raw_30min: Jun 2017 – present
LW_in_SD_30min: Jun 2017 – present
LW_out_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
LW_out_raw_30min: Jun 2017 – present
SW_in_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
SW_in_SD_30min: Jun 2017 – present
SW_out_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
Temp_Air2m_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
Temp_Air2m_Max_30min: Jun 2017 – present
Temp_Air2m_Min_30min: Jun 2017 – present
Temp_Enclosure_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
Temp_RTD_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
WindDirn_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
WindDirn_SD_30min: Jun 2017 – present
WindSpd_Avg_30min: Jun 2017 – present
WindSpd_Max_30min: Jun 2017 – present
5-minute observations:
NR_Wm2_Avg_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
RH_Air2m_Avg_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
SW_in_Avg_5min: Aug 2013 – Sep 2014
SW_out_Avg_5min: Aug 2013 – Sep 2014
Temp_Air2m_Avg_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
WindDir_Avg_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
WindDir_SD_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
WindSpd_Avg_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
WindSpd_Max_5min: Aug 2012 – Sep 2014
Information about related datasets
Observations are currently contributed to Global Cryosphere Watch and INTERACT. Efforts are under way to provide near-real-time updates from the station to a data repository managed as part of the Arctic Sensor Web, as part of the Arctic Connect initiative.
Limitations and strengths for application
Single site, operating continuously only from Jun 2017: currently no quality control applied to observed data
References
None available
Link to download data (and format)
By request, currently: on demand from database via web request in near future (2022)