North Pole Weather Data and Instrumentation
On April 28, 2002, NOAA PMEL deployed the first North Pole Web Cam on an ice floe drifting southward from the North Pole. Web Cams and instrumentation to monitor the North Pole environment, weather and ice conditions have been deployed in Spring since that date, as part of the North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO).
The web cams transmit throughout the summer. With the onset of winter storms and snow, the camera lens became obscured with snow and ice. In 2002, the the last image from the solar-powered web cam was received on September 6, 2002.
- YouTube animations of the web cam images for each year since 2002.
- Why North Pole Web Cams? describes the rationale behind the web cam deployment
- What are you seeing in the images from the North Pole?
- Images from the web cams for each year since 2002 available via Web Cam home page
North Pole instrumentation
- Annotated web cam image showing Instruments first deployed in 2002
- About the instruments: 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
North Pole weather data
- ftp download of North Pole weather data from the North Pole Environmental Observatory
- Archives of North Pole weather data
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Online data & graphics: 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 - Spring thaw, summer melt ponds, autumn freeze-up - summer sea ice transition, 2002-present
- Drift tracks of the North Pole instrumentation/web cams since 2002 from the North Pole Environmental Observatory
More Information about the North Pole environment:
- About the North Pole Environment
- What are you seeing in the images from the North Pole?
- Daylight, Darkness and the Changing of the Seasons at the North Pole
- Calculate sunrise/sunset times for any location on the earth - from NOAA/ESRL.
- Live from the North Pole! - Photos, animations, and info about deployments from 2002 to present
The North Pole Web Cam is part of the North Pole Environmental Observatory, a joint National Science Foundation-sponsored effort by the Polar Science Center, / APL / UW, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory / NOAA, the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Oregon State University, and Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. |