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Temperature data were collected on a daily time-scale from the C1 climate station (3018 m) since 1952. Over time various circumstances have led to days with missing values. Some missing values were estimated from redundant sensors and nearby climate stations using various methods. Greenland 1987 was a basis for the methodology. However when it was not possible to use this methodology, new methods were developed.
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Precipitation data for Saddle chart recorder, 1981 - ongoing.
Precipitation data were collected on a daily time-scale from the Saddle climate station (3525 m) since 1981. Over time, various circumstances have led to days with missing values. Some of these values were estimated from nearby climate stations for years up to 2008 using the methods described in METHODS.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2224439
- PAR ID:
- 10632765
- Publisher / Repository:
- Environmental Data Initiative
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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