Jentzsch, Katharina; Westermann, Sebastian; Gallet, Jean-Charles; Bornemann, Niko; Cable, William L; Lange, Stephan; Boike, Julia (2020): Manual in situ measurements of snow water equivalent and snow depth at the high Arctic Bayelva site during the winter period 2019/2020 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.925350
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Abstract:
The high Arctic Bayleva site is located on western Spitsbergen about 3 km from the settlement of Ny Ålesund. Snow water equivalent (SWE) measurements were performed at the Bayelva site during the winter season 2019/2020. The manual measurements consist of measuring the snow depth and weighing a known volume of snow to within ±0.01 kg using a steel tube with a radius of 0.04 m and a length of 0.6 m. If the snow depth exceeds 0.6 m the measurement has to be performed in more than one layer, which can add some uncertainty to the recorded values. In each measurement session several snow pits were dug in a radial pattern around the automatic SWE system, covering approximately the same snow conditions as covered by the footprint of the CS725 in order to validate the automatic measurements.
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Boike, Julia; Juszak, Inge; Lange, Stephan; Chadburn, Sarah; Burke, Eleanor J; Overduin, Pier Paul; Roth, Kurt; Ippisch, Olaf; Bornemann, Niko; Stern, Lielle; Gouttevin, Isabelle; Hauber, Ernst; Westermann, Sebastian (2017): Measurements in soil and air at Bayelva Station [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880120
Jentzsch, Katharina; Westermann, Sebastian; Gallet, Jean-Charles; Bornemann, Niko; Cable, William L; Lange, Stephan; Boike, Julia (2020): Automated in situ measurements of snow water equivalent, snow depth, snow temperature and snow dielectric constant, at the high Arctic Bayelva site during the winter period 2019/2020 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.925357
Further details:
Jentzsch, Katharina; Bornemann, Niko; Cable, William L; Gallet, Jean-Charles; Lange, Stephan; Westermann, Sebastian; Boike, Julia (2020): Near real-time observations of snow water equivalent for SIOS on Svalbard - (SWESOS). Zenodo, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4146835
Project(s):
Permafrost Research (AWI_Perma)
Coverage:
Latitude: 78.920900 * Longitude: 11.833100
Date/Time Start: 2019-11-14T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-05-27T07:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 25.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 25.0 m
Event(s):
Bayelva_Station * Latitude: 78.920900 * Longitude: 11.833100 * Elevation: 25.0 m * Location: Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen * Campaign: AWIPEV_based * Basis: AWIPEV * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Boike, Julia | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Boike, Julia | |||
| 3 | Snow thickness | Snow thick | m | Boike, Julia | Sensor hand held (SHH) | |
| 4 | Snow water equivalent | SWE | mm | Boike, Julia | Sensor hand held (SHH) |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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