Sila Utqiaġvigmi

Northern Alaska weather and climate information


Robert Rabin

NOAA/NSSL(Retired) and UW-Madison/CIMSS

Kiña Uvaŋa


Real-time weather

1 Latest North Slope weather map (Fairbanks NWS)

2 Latest Alaska surface weather map (NWS)

3 Latest ice concentration and stage map (NWS)

4 Wave Height Map for Alaska Waters (NOAA)

5 Large-scale surface weather maps (Environment Canada)Global forecast model (Environment Canada)

6 NOAA/NCEP Models and Analyses

6a NOAA/Alaska Aviation Unit

7 NCAR weather analysis

8 Latest upper air sounding: Utqiaġvik

9 Surface weather observations: Utqiaġvik

10 Utqiaġvik weather forecast

11 Real-time GOES imagery

12 Utqiaġvik Sea Ice Webcam   Sea Ice X-band radar    NOAA/ESRL Utqiaġvik Observatory Webcam


High Resolution Satellite Imagery


EOSDIS Worldview: Arctic

MODIS "Fast Response" North Slope images

Ice Breakup Case



Ice and Snow Images and Movies
1 Scatterometer Ice Cover movies:

2 National Operational Hydro Remote Sensing Center (Archived snow cover)


Satellite Learning Resources

1 Satmet tutorial from University of Wisconsin-CIMSS

2 Satellite Observations in Science Education


Exercises in Analyzing Weather Maps

1 Contour Analysis (courtesy of Tom Whittaker)

2 "WeatherWise" Applets

Climate

1 Utqiaġvik Surface temperature and precipitation trends

Average Temperature: Annual    Fall    Winter    Spring    Summer

Annual Precipitation:   Annual    Fall    Winter    Spring    Summer

2 Western Arctic temperature and precipitation trends

3 Climate change: surface and satellite observations (Rabin, Power point slides)

4 Arctic Interactions as measured from satellite (Lui, Key, Wang: Power point slides) Quick look

National Climate Assessment

5 Resources for Educators: 2014

6 Alaska including Native Communities

7 Fourth Climate Assessment: Alaska (2018)

8 Adjusting to Rapid Melting: Iñupiat Work to Preserve Food and Traditions on Alaska's North Slope




Caribou and Climate Change

Vulnurability of the Traditional food sytem to climate change (Iqaluit, Nunavut) Sara Statham

Climate change and Country foods: story in Nunatsiaq online

CBC North audio story

Availability of Caribou as a food source across Nunavut


Inuit Observations of Climate Change

Community Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods: Timeline    Calendar   Video

Film: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change (Zacharias Kunuk and Dr. Ian Mauro, Isuma TV)

Linking Inuit knowledge and meteorological observations to understand changing winds at Clyde River, Nunavut

Iñupiaq Insights into Weather: the Value of Traditional Science (Powerpoint)

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Programming in Inuktitut

Television News and weather (CBC): Igalaaq

Radio north (CBC): choose from several programs

Culture

Isuma TV

Sharing Our Stories: Film selections from National Film Board of Canada

Language

Values


   Disclaimer. The products from GOES or other satellites shown here are experimental. These have been generated within a research environment and are not intended to be considered operational. Timeliness, availability, and accuracy are sought but not guaranteed.

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