awesome-arctic-data
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A curated list on data sources related to climate change in the arctic.
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Arctic Data Hub
A curated collection of Arctic climate data sources
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Permafrost
- GTNP
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost, Active layer depths and borehole temperatures
Sea Ice
- Arctic Sea Ice Data analysis tools
NSIDC G02135 indices for sea ice extent and area by regions. Monthly and daily data
- NSIDC Sea Ice extent
NSIDC direct link to sea ice extent .shp. .geotiff, .png and other files
- NSIDC Se Ice extent - G02186
NSIDC Arctic Sea ice extent (1km and 4km), indices, png, plot, geotiff and shape files
- CryoSat2 - Level 4- V1
NSIDC Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness
- IMS Daily Northern Hemisphere Snow and Ice Analysis at 1 km, 4 km, and 24 km Resolutions, Version 1
more raw data than the sea ice extent and area products
- Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave Data, Version 1
another raw dataset for arctic sea ice
- Near-Real-Time DMSP SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Sea Ice Concentrations, Version 1
another sea ice data product
- MODIS/AMSR Sea Ice concentration at 1x1 km resolution
, then select the subfolder for high resolution sea ice data
Greenland
- Watson River discharge
Annual, daily and hourly Watson river discharge data in Greenland
- QGreenland
a free GIS package for Greenland, useful e.g. to identify weather station locations, or get familiar with basic phenomena such as ice melt, ice sheet thickness
- Automated weather stations
, data across Greenland, such as temperatures, or, from a sonic ranger, using or , data on ice melt
- Promice.org
is a well maintained source of data around Greenland, ice sheets, water runoff
- Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut Greenland Meteorological Observations
, a fantastic API to access met, ocean, and climate data from Greenland for multiple decades. Bulk download (> 200 GB when uncompressed) and live RESTful API, registration required but free of charge
Canada
- Rideau canal ice skating season
Opening and closing dates of Rideau canal in Canada showing change in season
- River discharge historic data
from across Canada
- Real-Time Hydrometric Data Map Search
for river flux data
CO2
- CO2 emissions in trade
OECD Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade
- Global CO2 levels
NASA Global Climate change vital signs
- NOAA GML-CO2
Global Monitoring Laboratory - monthly mean CO2, Global, Mauna Loa
- World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG)
very detailed datasets on many green house gases, registration is required
Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emissions
- NOAA GML-CH4
Global Monitoring Laboratory - montly Global averages
- NOAA GML-N2O
Global Monitoring Laboratory - montly Global averages
- NOAA GML-SF6
Global Monitoring Laboratory - monthly Global averages
- Climate Watch
ClimateWatch annual historical emissions by country, GHG type and industry sector
Disaster Data
- EM-DAT public
EM-DAT The international disaster database : Need to create a free account to access the data
Temperature (and/or precipitation)
- World bank climate data
World bank climate data (Temperature and precipitation) by country
- NOAA Temperature Anomalies
Temperature anomalies by hemisphere, land and ocean. 1901-2000 average is reference for anomalies
- NASA GISS
NASA Surface temperature analysis - Anomalies and trends. 1951-1980 average is reference for anomalies
- Berkeley Earth
Temperature data for up to centuries and, if desired, high spatial resolution
- German Met Office (Deutscher Wetterdienst) Open Data
has multiple indicators and data for Germany
- International Arctic Buoy Programme
The provides access to historic and real time measurements from buoys deployed in the arcitc
- British Antarctic Survey
The also operates buoys in the Arctic and available
Phenology/Plant blooming datasets
- Kypto Cherry blossoms
Cheery Tree blossoming dates data in Kyoto city. Note the data is actually on the page, the download links contain outdated files
- France wine blossom
allows you to search for e.g. wine blossom dates across multiple years and regions
- Germany wine blossom
wine blossom dates across multiple years and regions
Reference Data
- United Nations World Population Prospects
has population data and forecasts. Also a good source for regions, region names, and countriy naming
- WorldPop
has various datasets relating to population, mapped to geospatial grids
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