Mewes, Lars-Hendrik; Bauriedl, Sofia; Cable, William L; Stuenzi, Simone Maria; Boike, Julia: Snow penetration resistance measured 2024-04-09 to 2024-04-15 with a SnowMicroPen (SMP): Kuup Ilua (Blæsedalen) on Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.985066 (dataset in review), In: Boike, Julia; Bornemann, Niko; Cable, William L; Gottuk, Jannika; Hammar, Jennika; Kaiser, Soraya; Kutzbach, Lars; Mewes, Lars-Hendrik; Stuenzi, Simone Maria (2025): Comprehensive snow, soil, water, and climate data from Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), West Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), 2022-2025 [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.986675 (DOI registration in progress)
Abstract:
The dataset contains 244 snow penetration force profiles collected along three transects in Kuup Ilua (Blæsedalen) on Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island)], Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), during a field campaign from April 9 to 15, 2024, as part of the MOMENT project - Permafrost Research Towards Integrated Observation and Modeling of the Methane Budget of Ecosystems. The snow penetration force profiles were measured with a high-resolution electronic snow penetrometer (SnowMicroPen). The position estimates of the SMP were improved using an Emlid GNSS system. The system consisted of an RS2+ operated as a base station and a Reach M+ connected to the SMP as a rover, improving position estimates from 2-3 m to cm-level accuracy. The dataset contains the raw data output by the SMP in .PNT format. Some profiles have been merged when ice layers were encountered and the SMP was forced to conduct multiple measurements at the same location. For details, see the accompanying metadata document.
Keyword(s):
Study report:
Boike, Julia; Stuenzi, Simone Maria; Gottuk, Jannika; Bornemann, Niko; Groenke, Brian (2024): Arctic Land Expeditions in Permafrost Research. The MOMENT project: Expedition to the Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island and Ilulissat, West Greenland in 2022. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 782, 18 pp, https://doi.org/10.57738/BzPM_0782_2024
Documentation:
Mewes, Lars-Hendrik; Bauriedl, Sofia; Cable, William L; Stuenzi, Simone Maria; Boike, Julia (2025): Snow penetration resistance measured with
a SnowMicroPen (SMP) on Qeqertarsuaq
(Disko Island), West Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), April 2024 – Metadata document. 2025-12-02_metadata_GL_SnowMicroPen.pdf
Project(s):
Modeling Monitoring Events (MOMENT)
Permafrost Research (AWI_Perma)
Funding:
Bundesministerium für
Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR), grant/award no. 03F0931B: MOMENT (Permafrost Research Towards Integrated Observation and Modelling of the Methane Budget of Ecosystems)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 69.271956 * Median Longitude: -53.469748 * South-bound Latitude: 69.267652 * West-bound Longitude: -53.478773 * North-bound Latitude: 69.278661 * East-bound Longitude: -53.462202
Date/Time Start: 2024-04-10T11:29:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-04-14T16:05:00
Minimum ELEVATION: 104.081 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: 140.726 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
GL_MOMENT2024_M1_snowpenetrationprofile * Latitude Start: 69.271945 * Longitude Start: -53.472200 * Latitude End: 69.272041 * Longitude End: -53.472036 * Date/Time Start: 2024-04-14T14:51:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-04-14T16:05:00 * Elevation Start: 138.4 m * Elevation End: 140.7 m * Location: Disko Island, West Greenland * Campaign: GL-Land_2024_WestGreenland (MOMENT Greenland Permafrost) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: SnowMicroPen
GL_MOMENT2024_T1_snowpenetrationprofile * Latitude Start: 69.267652 * Longitude Start: -53.466877 * Latitude End: 69.268777 * Longitude End: -53.462202 * Date/Time Start: 2024-04-13T14:38:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-04-13T19:09:00 * Elevation Start: 110.3 m * Elevation End: 134.6 m * Location: Disko Island, West Greenland * Campaign: GL-Land_2024_WestGreenland (MOMENT Greenland Permafrost) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: SnowMicroPen
GL_MOMENT2024_T2_snowpenetrationprofile * Latitude Start: 69.269920 * Longitude Start: -53.470192 * Latitude End: 69.271557 * Longitude End: -53.468116 * Date/Time Start: 2024-04-11T11:38:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-04-12T15:10:00 * Elevation Start: 104.1 m * Elevation End: 121.4 m * Location: Disko Island, West Greenland * Campaign: GL-Land_2024_WestGreenland (MOMENT Greenland Permafrost) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: SnowMicroPen
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Boike, Julia | |||
| 2 | File name | File name | Boike, Julia | |||
| 3 | Binary Object | Binary | Boike, Julia | SnowMicroPen | ||
| 4 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Boike, Julia | Geocode | ||
| 5 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Boike, Julia | Geocode | ||
| 6 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Boike, Julia | Geocode | ||
| 7 | ELEVATION | Elevation | m a.s.l. | Boike, Julia | Geocode | |
| 8 | Number of layers | Layers | # | Boike, Julia | number of ice layers | |
| 9 | Comment | Comment | Boike, Julia |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
832 data points