Arndt, Stefanie; Rossmann, Leonard (2017): Snow grain size and type measurements at ice station PS96/H004-1 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.881426
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Project(s):
Sea Ice Physics @ AWI (AWI_SeaIce)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -74.988152 * Median Longitude: -31.235475 * South-bound Latitude: -74.995970 * West-bound Longitude: -31.496400 * North-bound Latitude: -74.964700 * East-bound Longitude: -31.148500
Date/Time Start: 2016-01-03T14:53:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-01-03T15:50:00
Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.025 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.185 m
Event(s):
PS96/H004-1 * Latitude Start: -74.995740 * Longitude Start: -31.147050 * Latitude End: -74.995740 * Longitude End: -31.147050 * Date/Time Start: 2016-01-03T14:17:06 * Date/Time End: 2016-01-03T15:04:26 * Campaign: PS96 (ANT-XXXI/2 FROSN) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)
Comment:
Measurements were obtained doing classical snow pits at two ice station during PS96. Snow pits were taken at representative locations of the floe. Measurments were done on an undisturbed shaded working wall of the snow pit.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Arndt, Stefanie | |||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Arndt, Stefanie | Geocode | ||
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Arndt, Stefanie | Geocode | ||
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Arndt, Stefanie | Geocode | ||
| 5 | DEPTH, ice/snow | Depth ice/snow | m | Arndt, Stefanie | Geocode | |
| 6 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Arndt, Stefanie | ||
| 7 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Arndt, Stefanie | ||
| 8 | Snow type | Snow | Arndt, Stefanie | Magnifying glass and grid-card | ||
| 9 | Snow grain size, minimum | Snow grain size min | mm | Arndt, Stefanie | Magnifying glass and grid-card | |
| 10 | Snow grain size, maximum | Snow grain size max | mm | Arndt, Stefanie | Magnifying glass and grid-card | |
| 11 | Hardness of snow | Snow hardness | code | Arndt, Stefanie |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
25 data points
Data
| 1 Sample label | 2 Date/Time | 3 Latitude | 4 Longitude | 5 Depth ice/snow [m] | 6 Depth top [m] | 7 Depth bot [m] | 8 Snow | 9 Snow grain size min [mm] | 10 Snow grain size max [mm] | 11 Snow hardness [code] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS96/H004_SPIT-1_SNOW_STRAT | 2016-01-03T15:50 | -74.964700 | -31.496400 | 0.035 | 0.00 | 0.07 | II B1 (fc,rc) | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| PS96/H004_SPIT-2_SNOW_STRAT | 2016-01-03T14:53 | -74.995970 | -31.148500 | 0.185 | 0.17 | 0.20 | II B1 (rc) | 1 | ||
| PS96/H004_SPIT-2_SNOW_STRAT | 2016-01-03T14:53 | -74.995970 | -31.148500 | 0.110 | 0.05 | 0.17 | II B1 (rc,fc) | 2 | 1 | |
| PS96/H004_SPIT-2_SNOW_STRAT | 2016-01-03T14:53 | -74.995970 | -31.148500 | 0.025 | 0.00 | 0.05 | II A2 (fc) | 2 | 3 | 1 |