Summary Rimfrost is a 100% free of charge website containing temperature measurements from more than 500 observation stations worldwide. These have been chosen, so that from both a national and a global perspective, the measurements, when statistically corrected, shall give the most reliable estimates of global temperature change.
As climate development in the ... major industrial nations is expected to be of major interest, USA is represented with 25 weather stations, China with approximately 20, Russia with 25, Germany with 44, U.K. with 25, France with 10, Japan with 10, India with 30 etc.
Climate change in Northern Atlantic region is also considered to be important. Because of this the Nordic nations have been especially well instrumented. Norway with its long coastline with the Atlantic Ocean has approx. 50 stations, Sweden approx. 30 and Finland 10. This is a natural reason for the development of Rimfrost by a University College in this region (NITH/OSLO).
The Rimfrost database contains mainly long time series measurements. We have consciously chosen observation stations that have measured temperature over long time periods. This gives the best conditions for obtaining more insight into how the climate has changed. Uppsala has measurements from approx. 1720, Stykkisholmur (Iceland) from 1830, New York from 1822, Berlin from 1701, London from 1840, Beijing from 1841, Calcutta from 1816 etc. In many cases the observation station has been moved and the local climate has changed through, for example, increased urbanization. In such cases climate researchers have tried to homogenize measurements in order they can be as comparable as possible over long periods of time.
Rimfrost contains reasonably modern analytical tools for extended time series. The system's major strength is that it contains global data series. These can be combined in a variety of ways and form the basis for detailed studies and modeling. The analytical tools also include temperature trend analyses. This makes it possible to calculate the average change for all weather stations in a particular country. It is also possible to compare groups of countries. (Ex G8-countries)
Rimfrost is multilingual. So far it is available in English (standard), German, Spanish, Finnish,Icelandic, Swedish and Norwegian. More languages are to come. Geographic Coverage
Name:
SIGMUND
HOV
MOEN Phone:
+4791680558
Fax:
+4722059960
Email:
sigmund.hov.moen at broadpark.no
Contact Address:
Norwegian School of Information Technology (NITH)
Schweigaardsgate 14 City:
Oslo
Postal Code:
N-0185
Country:
NORWAY
Personnel
SIGMUND
HOV
MOEN Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+4791680558
Fax:
+4722059960
Email:
sigmund.hov.moen at broadpark.no
Contact Address:
Norwegian School of Information Technology (NITH)
Schweigaardsgate 14 City:
Oslo
Postal Code:
N-0185
Country:
NORWAY
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