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IWIN: The Isfjorden Weather Information Network
Marius Opsanger Jonassen
Teresa Remes
Florina Roana Schalamon
Agnes Stenlund
Abstract. In an effort led by the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), with support from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway), the Isfjorden Weather Information Network (IWIN) is under development in the Isfjorden region, central Svalbard. The network substantially expands upon the relatively sparse existing operational network of weather stations and consists of compact and cost-efficient all-in-one weather stations permanently installed on lighthouses around Isfjorden and onboard small tourist cruise ships trafficking the fjord from the spring to the autumn. All data from the network are freely available online in near real-time via MET Norway’s data portals (https://doi.org/10.21343/ebrw-w846). The IWIN data are highly valuable for scientific purposes such as atmospheric boundary layer research, validation and development of numerical weather prediction models and assimilation in these, as well as planning and safe conduction of outdoor activities in the region.
Lukas Frank et al.
Status: open (until 01 Jul 2023)
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CEC1: 'Comment on essd-2023-99', Ken Mankoff, 25 Apr 2023
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I am concerned with how this manuscript fits within ESSD. Per the paper itself, it is not a data description paper. From L49, "The primary goal of this paper is to provide documentation on the instrumental setup of IWIN." The current paper does not describe the data. Further out-of-scope, it uses the data to describe various weather events from page 10 to 15, something we normally discourage.
I think with little effort this paper could be published in another journal - withdraw is an option. If it stays in ESSD and meets the ESSD Editorial Guidelines https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/10/2275/2018/ it would take quite a bit of work. I encourage the authors to do that work.
There is currently *no validation*. ESSD expects *extensive* validation. Are there weather stations nearby that can be used? If you turned each of the weather examples into a validation, that would be impressive, and a lot of work. You could do fine with half of the examples.
I'm also uncertain with how certain you are of your small uncertainties. Are there really no additional uncertainties beyond the stated manufacturer uncertainties? Are you deploying these in the expected settings and environment? A ship structure may (or may not) not influence the results, but what about a bright red lighthouse roof? Also, I question citing a masters thesis for the 'no error from ship' claim. That thesis appears to focus on wind direction, as does your almost entire paragraph of 'uncertainty'. What about T? RH? P? Fig 6.2 of that masters thesis appears to show *significant* disturbance in streamline plots - do these impact P or T? I would presume so.
Finally, in addition to describing the data product, it would be good to describe the data files. What format? What metadata? What are your CSV columns? How are the data processed? Where is the software that did this processing?
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-99-CEC1 -
RC1: 'Comment on essd-2023-99', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 May 2023
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This manuscript describes a new weather observation network in Svalbard as well as some examples of local meteorological features observed by the network. The manuscript is well written and largely provides all relevant information about the network. I offer a few minor comments / suggestions below but otherwise find this manuscript suitable for publication after minor revisions.
Minor comments
Mention content of section 3 in last paragraph of section 1.
Table 1: In addition to the measurement altitude above sea level please include the height above ground level for each lighthouse station.
Table 2: Provide station height above sea level for each ship-mounted station.
Section 3: Is icing a concern and what impact does it have on the sensors and measurement errors?
It would be useful to give a brief summary of how the measurements are made. For example, are the wind measurements made via a sonic approach?
Line 158-160: I was unable to find a way to download or visualize the IWIN data from the link provided in this dataset. Please provide additional details about how a user can easily access and visualize this data.
Line 171: Figure referenced here should be 10a not 3a. On line 175 Figure reference should be 10b not 3b.
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-99-RC1 -
RC2: 'Comment on essd-2023-99', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 May 2023
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IWIN: The Isfjorden Weather Information Network Lukas Frank, Marius Opsanger Jonassen, and Teresa Remes https://doi.org/10.21343/ebrw-w846
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