Climate and Ice Studies

Fairweather provides studies of weather and sea-ice climatology to additionally support organizations operating in Alaska’s extreme environmental conditions.  The following are a few examples of studies our meteorologists have provided in the past:

• Means and extremes of ice conditions at Port Clarence, AK
• Frequency of blizzard conditions at Barrow, AK
• Ice conditions for Sakhalin Island, Russia using SAR imagery
• Engineering study of potential ice forces on the drill rig SDC
• Ice conditions at Tuktoyaktuk, Canada
• North Slope tundra travel opening and closing dates
• Temperatures along the Trans Alaska Pipeline
• Length of the no-ice season for various offshore leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
• Tsavorite Site VFR study
• Pt. Thomson wind and VFR study
• Pt. Thomson area ice history
• Late season tow route from Chukchi Sea to Herschel Island
• Wind studies for various offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea

Fairweather, LLC has a large amount of weather and sea ice data that can be used for studies, including:

• Ice charts for various Alaska and Russian seas
• Satellite images, including SAR imagery of Sakhalin Island waters
• World temperature, pressure, and other data on a 2.5 degree grid
• Weather data from many Alaska official weather stations
• Ice drift data for Alaska seas