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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ESSDD</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2026-346</article-id>
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<article-title>A comprehensive analysis of three meteorological datasets for the East Siberian continuous permafrost zone: long-term changes in air temperature, snow depth and precipitation</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sysoliatin</surname>
<given-names>Robert</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wen</surname>
<given-names>Zhi</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gao</surname>
<given-names>Qiang</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4181-898X</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Xiang</surname>
<given-names>Kun</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tikhonravova</surname>
<given-names>Yana</given-names>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science and Frozen Soil Engineering, Northwest Institute of  Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730000, China</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, 677010, Russia</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>15</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>35</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Robert Sysoliatin et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Climate and its evolution strongly influence numerous natural processes, and in permafrost areas this impact outweighs that of any other factors. The main publicly available databases consist of data only for 167 meteorological stations within Republic of Sakha (3,08 ml km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;), Magadan Obslat (0,46 ml km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;) and Chukotka (0,72 ml km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;), which makes the meteorological network in that region &amp;ndash; almost entirely underlain by continuous permafrost &amp;ndash; one of the sparsest on the planet, at approximately 1 station per 25000 km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. The longest series dates back to 1834 at the first official meteorological station in Yakutsk-24959, while the shortest to 1987 in Anabar-21608), however, data availability is highly inconsistent, and more than half of meteorological stations contain gaps of up to 40 % in their timeseries. Despite the abundance of reanalysis products, here we aim to assess the current meteorological network, the available observation data, and to merge three different datasets into a unified database containing the following parameters: mean, maximum, and minimum daily air temperature, daily precipitation totals and snow cover thickness. The resulting database spans the period from 1 January 1966 to 30 September 2025, with daily temporal resolution, and includes source references as well as the number of measurements recorded for each day as a quality indicator parameter. We carried out automated cleaning for obvious mistakes and typos as well as deleting duplicates. Chosen parameters are particularly important for a wide range of researchers, as well as for society and policymakers. This dataset has been used for filling gaps in air temperature time series using machine learning approaches. &amp;nbsp;For convenient access, we have developed an online dashboard that presents the main meteorological parameters at daily, decadal, monthly, and annual scales. The database presented and described in this article is available for download at &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19883706&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19883706&lt;/a&gt; and at &lt;a href=&quot;https://robertseesaw.shinyapps.io/meteo-dashboard/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://robertseesaw.shinyapps.io/meteo-dashboard/&lt;/a&gt;.</p>
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<funding-source>Science and Technology Program of Gansu Province</funding-source>
<award-id>24ZD13FA003</award-id>
<award-id>23ZDWA005</award-id>
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<funding-source>National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
<award-id>42371140</award-id>
<award-id>42272332</award-id>
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<funding-source>State Key Laboratory of Frozen Soil Engineering</funding-source>
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<award-id>CSFSE-FX-2502</award-id>
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<funding-source>Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region</funding-source>
<award-id>2025D01A08</award-id>
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<funding-source>Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences</funding-source>
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