Westermann, Sebastian; Lüers, Johannes; Langer, Moritz; Piel, Konstanze; Boike, Julia (2009): Physical properties of snowpit NYA_S2 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.746715, 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: 78.921320 * Longitude: 11.855450
Date/Time Start: 2008-03-28T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2008-03-28T12:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.05 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.55 m
Event(s):
NYA_S2 * Latitude: 78.921320 * Longitude: 11.855450 * Date/Time: 2008-03-28T12:00:00 * 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 | Sample mass | Samp m | g | Boike, Julia | ||
| 3 | Snow grain size | Snow grain size | mm | Boike, Julia | ||
| 4 | Density, mass density | Density | kg/m3 | Boike, Julia | ||
| 5 | Comment | Comment | Boike, Julia |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
29 data points
Data
| 1 Depth ice/snow [m] | 2 Samp m [g] | 3 Snow grain size [mm] | 4 Density [kg/m3] | 5 Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05 | 19.7 | 199.0 | fresh snow | |
| 0.10 | 23.5 | 1.0 | 376.5 | |
| 0.15 | 32.5 | 1.0 | 328.3 | |
| 0.20 | 40.5 | 409.1 | some ice layers | |
| 0.25 | 36.5 | 368.7 | some ice layers | |
| 0.30 | 35.5 | 361.3 | some ice layers | |
| 0.35 | 31.5 | 1.0 | 318.2 | |
| 0.45 | 36.5 | >2.0 | 368.7 | coarse crystals |
| 0.55 | 37.5 | >2.0 | 378.8 | coarse crystals |