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Air temperature conditions in northern Nordaustlandet (NE Svalbard) at the end of World War II
Author(s) -
Przybylak Rajmund,
Wyszyński Przemysław,
Woźniak Marta
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.5459
Subject(s) - climatology , air temperature , environmental science , mean radiant temperature , surface air temperature , little ice age , atmospheric temperature , diurnal temperature variation , period (music) , maximum temperature , temperature record , climate change , range (aeronautics) , atmospheric sciences , geography , physical geography , meteorology , geology , glacier , precipitation , oceanography , physics , materials science , acoustics , composite material
This article presents the results of an investigation into air temperature conditions in northern Nordaustlandet (NE Svalbard) based on meteorological observations made by German soldiers towards the end of World War II (1944/1945). The results from Nordaustlandet for the warmest period of the early 20th century warming period (ETCWP) were compared with temperature conditions both historical (the end part of the Little Ice Age) and contemporary (different sub‐periods taken from the years 1981–2017) to estimate the range of warming during the ETCWP. Map shows the activity of German meteorological stations, 1940–1945.