awesome-arctic-data

Arctic Data Hub

A curated collection of Arctic climate data sources

A curated list on data sources related to climate change in the arctic.

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Awesome Arctic Data / Permafrost

GTNP Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost, Active layer depths and borehole temperatures

Awesome Arctic Data / 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

Awesome Arctic 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

Awesome Arctic Data / 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

Awesome Arctic Data / CO2

Atmospheric and Ice record merged CO2 data from the year 13 to present
The Mauna Loa, Hawaii, CO2 record from 1958 to present, often referred to as the Keeling Curve
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

Awesome Arctic Data / Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emissions

OECD Emissions Dataset
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

Awesome Arctic Data / Disaster Data

EM-DAT public EM-DAT The international disaster database : Need to create a free account to access the data

Awesome Arctic 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
National Centre for Atmospheric Science/Earth Observation weather and climate data
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

Awesome Arctic Data / 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

Awesome Arctic Data / 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
Country aliases

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