Schmithüsen, Holger; Conrat, Pablo (2025): High resolved snow height measurements at Neumayer Station, Antarctica, 2024 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.979985 (DOI registration in progress), In: Schmithüsen, Holger (2023): High resolved snow height measurements at Neumayer Station, Antarctica (2010 et seq) [dataset publication series]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.958970
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Published: 2025-03-27
Abstract:
At Neumayer-Station in Antarctica snow height is permanently monitored with a laser distance meter. The instrument measures continuously since 2013-01-01 and is located in the vicinity of the Air Chemical Observatory Neumayer. By design, the sample area of the surface is on the order of a few millimetre in diameter. Long-term trends of the measured snow height are strongly correlated with accumulation on the ice shelf at a horizontal scale of several kilometres. Short-term trends reflect dynamic changes of the surface and can be used to deduce information on surface roughness.
Project(s):
Meteorological Long-Term Observations @ AWI (AWI_Meteo)
Coverage:
Latitude: -70.689320 * Longitude: -8.270970
Date/Time Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:05 * Date/Time End: 2024-12-31T23:59:52
Minimum Elevation: 42.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 42.0 m
Event(s):
SHM * Latitude: -70.689320 * Longitude: -8.270970 * Elevation: 42.0 m * Location: Ekström Ice Shelf * Campaign: Neumayer_based * Basis: NEUMAYER III * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Schmithüsen, Holger | Geocode | ||
| 2 | Snow height | Snow h | m | Schmithüsen, Holger | Snow Height Sensor, Lufft, SHM 31, SN 033.0422.1607.0010 | 2013-01-01: snow height set to 0 m; Sensor lifted due to snow accumulation on 2024-02-01T12:00 |
| 3 | Signal strength | Sig str | arbitrary units | Schmithüsen, Holger | Snow Height Sensor, Lufft, SHM 31, SN 033.0422.1607.0010 | |
| 4 | Temperature, technical | T tech | °C | Schmithüsen, Holger | Snow Height Sensor, Lufft, SHM 31, SN 033.0422.1607.0010 | Temperature at laser diode |
| 5 | Tilt angle | Tilt | deg | Schmithüsen, Holger | Snow Height Sensor, Lufft, SHM 31, SN 033.0422.1607.0010 | |
| 6 | Distance | Distance | m | Schmithüsen, Holger | Snow Height Sensor, Lufft, SHM 31, SN 033.0422.1607.0010 | Instrument's "Channel 660 = Distance raw" |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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