Understanding Climate-Driven Phenological Change - Observations, Adaptations and Cultural Implications in Northeastern Siberia and Labrador/Nunatsiavut (PHENARC) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.448 Summary An important focus of the PHENARC project has been on qualitative climatic data from Labrador/Nunatsiavut. For this location, instrumental and qualitative meterological observations began in August 1771, when the Unitas Fratrum or Unity of the Brethren, established its first mission among the Inuit on the Labrador coast. The Moravian Brethren, as they are more commonly known, comprise a Christian church that has pre-reformation origins that go back to the Bohemian reformer Jan Hus (c. 1375-1415). Matthäus Stach (1711-1787) was the pioneer of the Moravian Greenland missionaries, and it was he who advocated missionary work among the Inuit of the Labrador coast. The data cover all the missionary stations in Labrador; Nain, Okak, Hopedale, Hebron, Ramah and Makkovik. The station with the greatest data coverage is Nain. The observations of the missionaries lasted until 1939 when they were taken over by the Canadian Meteorological Service. After World War II, the missionaries lost their ties with the Inuit population and their missionary stations were regrouped. The last missionary left Nain in 2005. However, the Moravian church is still strong in many parts of Labrador. These documentary sources form a veritable goldmine and are discussed in the papers contained in this data set. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.448 * doi:10.5065/D68W3BFG https://doi.org/10.5065/D68W3BFG Versions 1.0 Citation Ogilvie, A., Demaree, G. 2013. Understanding Climate-Driven Phenological Change - Observations, Adaptations and Cultural Implications in Northeastern Siberia and Labrador/Nunatsiavut. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D68W3BFG Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS * ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACADIS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: monthly * Progress: completed * Language: English Grant Code 0902134 ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Meteorology * Sea Ice * Surface Platforms * Weather Stations Instruments * Barometers * Thermometers Sites * Arctic GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE Documentation * AEJ_Ogilvie_Read_Me_file.pdf [4 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/48F9E190763C/AEJ_Ogilvie_Read_Me_file.pdf Related links * download: Climate-related Information in Labrador/Nunatsiavut: Evidence from Moravian Missionary Journals https://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac_data/acadis/Demaree_Ogilvie_KAOW57_Moravians.pdf * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D68W3BFG * info: 17th-19th c: Churches: Moravian http://www.digitalbookindex.org/_SEARCH/search010histuschmoraviana.asp * download: The Inuit of Labrador/Nunatsiavut, the Moravian Brethren, and Connections with French-speaking Switzerland https://doi.org/10.3721/037.003.0106 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * download: Sea Ice as Enemy and Friend: The Case of Iceland and Labrador/Nunatsiavut https://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac_data/acadis/Ogilvie_et_al_NRF2011paper.pdf * download: Moravian missionaries at the Labrador coast and their centuries-long contribution to instrumental meteorological observations https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-008-9420-2 Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1771-08-20 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1940-08-20 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 60.36667 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 46.60 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -67.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -52.50 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Astrid E. J. Ogilvie https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/939 Additional contact information * author: Astrid E. J. Ogilvie https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/939 * author: Gaston R. Demaree https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2053 * principalInvestigator: Astrid E. J. Ogilvie https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/939 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.448?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.448?format=isotc211