Westermann, Sebastian; Lüers, Johannes; Langer, Moritz; Piel, Konstanze; Boike, Julia (2009): Physical properties of snowpit NYA_S1 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746714, In supplement to: Westermann, S et al. (2009): The annual surface energy budget of a high-arctic permafrost site on Svalbard, Norway. The Cryosphere, 3, 245-263, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-3-245-2009
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Project(s):
Permafrost Research (Periglacial Dynamics) @ AWI (AWI_PerDyn)
Coverage:
Latitude: 78.921870 * Longitude: 11.843800
Date/Time Start: 2008-03-27T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2008-03-27T12:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.100 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 1.450 m
Event(s):
NYA_S1 * Latitude: 78.921870 * Longitude: 11.843800 * Date/Time: 2008-03-27T12:00:00 * Elevation: 23.0 m * Location: Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen * Campaign: NYA_Meteorological_Obs * Basis: AWIPEV * Method/Device: Snow pit (SNOWPIT)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, ice/snow | Depth ice/snow | m | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Boike, Julia | ||
| 3 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Boike, Julia | ||
| 4 | Sample mass | Samp m | g | Boike, Julia | ||
| 5 | Snow grain size | Snow grain size | mm | Boike, Julia | ||
| 6 | Density, mass density | Density | kg/m3 | Boike, Julia | ||
| 7 | Comment | Comment | Boike, Julia |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
52 data points
Data
| 1 Depth ice/snow [m] | 2 Depth top [m] | 3 Depth bot [m] | 4 Samp m [g] | 5 Snow grain size [mm] | 6 Density [kg/m3] | 7 Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.100 | 34.0 | <1.0 | 343.4 | |||
| 0.200 | 35.0 | <1.0 | 353.5 | |||
| 0.300 | 30.5 | 1.0 | 308.1 | |||
| 0.350 | ice layer 1.5cm | |||||
| 0.420 | ice layer 2 cm | |||||
| 0.450 | 39.5 | <1.0 | 399.0 | |||
| 0.550 | 38.0 | <1.0 | 383.8 | |||
| 0.650 | ice layer 3cm | |||||
| 0.700 | 42.5 | 1.0 | 429.3 | |||
| 0.800 | 42.5 | 1.0 | 429.3 | |||
| 0.875 | 0.80 | 0.95 | several ice layers | |||
| 0.950 | 41.0 | 2.0 | 414.1 | |||
| 1.000 | 33.5 | 1.0 | 338.4 | |||
| 1.050 | 47.4 | 2.0 | 478.8 | some ice | ||
| 1.150 | 29.5 | >2.0 | 298.0 | small ice plates | ||
| 1.250 | 36.4 | >2.0 | 367.7 | small ice plates | ||
| 1.350 | 38.0 | >2.0 | 383.8 | small ice plates | ||
| 1.450 | 42.2 | 426.3 | crystals frozen together, some ice |