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Longyeardalen – Central
In the centre of Longyearbyen, is a fully equipped weather station that measures air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction. It also records ground temperature beneath the station, precipitation, and snow depth.
To understand how weather conditions vary across different parts of Longyearbyen, smaller weather stations are in place. Four of these are installed near permafrost boreholes and measure air temperature, humidity, surface temperature, and wind speed and direction. Their purpose is to directly link weather conditions to the permafrost conditions. This type of weather station is shown in the picture.
To increase the amount of weather observation, small private (Netatmo) weather stations from local residents are included in the meteorological monitoring system of the PermaMeteoCommunity.
