Citation:

PANGAEA.929010

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Abstract:

Measurements were obtained doing classical snow pits at all ice stations during PS118. Snow pits were taken at representative locations of the floe. Measurements were done on an undisturbed shaded working wall of the snow pit.

Further details:

Fierz, Charles; Armstrong, R L; Durand, Yves; Etchevers, Pierre; Greene, Ethan; McClung, David M; Nishimura, Kouichi; Satyawali, Pramond K; Sokratov, Sergey A (2009): The International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground. IHP-VII Technical Documents in Hydrology N°83, IACS Contribution N°1, UNESCO-IHP, Paris, 80 pp, http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001864/186462e.pdf (186462eng.pdf)

Project(s):

Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas (SPP1158)

Sea Ice Physics @ AWI (AWI_SeaIce)

Funding:

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 5472008 : Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas

Coverage:

Median Latitude: -64.568633 * Median Longitude: -56.808133 * South-bound Latitude: -65.425400 * West-bound Longitude: -58.002800 * North-bound Latitude: -63.095300 * East-bound Longitude: -54.295000

Date/Time Start: 2019-02-22T16:11:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-03-22T17:25:00

Minimum DEPTH, ice/snow: -0.450 m * Maximum DEPTH, ice/snow: 0.000 m

Event(s):

PS118_20190222_1 * Latitude Start: -63.798300 * Longitude Start: -56.320300 * Latitude End: -63.792300 * Longitude End: -56.340000 * Date/Time Start: 2019-02-22T15:08:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-02-22T20:08:00 * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: * Basis: * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)

PS118_20190223_2 * Latitude Start: -64.353100 * Longitude Start: -56.384500 * Latitude End: -64.366400 * Longitude End: -56.438500 * Date/Time Start: 2019-02-23T16:41:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-02-23T20:34:00 * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: * Basis: * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)

PS118_20190224_3 * Latitude Start: -64.892500 * Longitude Start: -57.241900 * Latitude End: -64.890900 * Longitude End: -57.238100 * Date/Time Start: 2019-02-24T13:52:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-02-24T17:59:00 * Location: Weddell Sea * Campaign: * Basis: * Method/Device: Ice station (ICE)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Arndt, Stefanie		Ice station
2	Sample code/label	Sample label		Arndt, Stefanie
3	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Arndt, Stefanie		Geocode – UTC
4	LATITUDE	Latitude		Arndt, Stefanie		Geocode
5	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Arndt, Stefanie		Geocode
6	DEPTH, ice/snow	Depth ice/snow	m	Arndt, Stefanie		Geocode – Layer, top; 0 represents the snow-ice interface
7	DEPTH, ice/snow	Depth ice/snow	m	Arndt, Stefanie		Geocode – Layer, bottom; 0 represents the snow-ice interface
8	Snow grain type	Snow grain type		Arndt, Stefanie	International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground according to Fierz et al. (2009)	Type I
9	Snow grain type	Snow grain type		Arndt, Stefanie	International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground according to Fierz et al. (2009)	Type II
10	Snow grain size, minimum	Snow grain size min	mm	Arndt, Stefanie
11	Snow grain size, maximum	Snow grain size max	mm	Arndt, Stefanie
12	Hardness, snow	Hardness snow		Arndt, Stefanie	International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground according to Fierz et al. (2009)
13	Wetness, snow	Snow wetness		Arndt, Stefanie	International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground according to Fierz et al. (2009)

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Size:

819 data points

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