Awesome Arctic Data

We are working on connecting observations in the Arctic to consequences on the planet and the associated risks. For this we are cpnstantly scanning data sources that would help us tell this story in a data driven manner.

Links to various data sources to provide information on Arctic region. Data sources are categorized by data type

Content

• Permafrost
• Sea Ice
• Greenland
• Canada
• CO2
• Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Emissions
• Disaster Data
• Temperature (and/or precipitation)
• Phenology/Plant blooming datasets
• Reference Data

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 modis_amsr2 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 height_stakes or HeightStakes(m), 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

• 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

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

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
• 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
• The International Arctic Buoy Programme provides access to historic and real time measurements from buoys deployed in the arcitc
• The British Antarctic Survey also operates buoys in the Arctic and makes their data incl. video feeds 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
• Country aliases

This list curated and provided by Arctic Basecamp based on work on the Arctic Risk Platform.