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Temperature variations at Resolute, Northwest Territories
Author(s) -
Longley Richmond W.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708436215
Subject(s) - latitude , open water , temperate climate , climatology , arctic , maximum temperature , polar night , the arctic , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , polar , geology , oceanography , physical geography , geography , geodesy , botany , physics , astronomy , biology
From a study of temperature data at Resolute, Northwest Territories, it is shown that in the Arctic regions the time of minimum temperature occurs near the end of February or in early March. This delay, relative to the corresponding time in temperate latitudes, is a result of the lack of incoming radiation during the polar night. Because of fog off open water in late July, the maximum temperature occurs during the second week of July.