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ICECAPS-MELT: Manual snow density from one 1-m snow profile in southwest Greenland (August 2024)
Manual snow density (km m-3) from a 1-m deep snow profile from southwest Greenland (Camp Raven, 66.48 N, 46.30 W, 2331 m asl) during Summer 2024. The snow profile measurements were made adjacent to an autonomous atmospheric and glaciological platform (the SLEIGH) as part of the ICECAPS-MELT (Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state, and Precipitation - MEasurements along Lagrangian Transects) experiment. Manual snow density was measured using American Avalanche Association classifications and procedures (Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Guidelines, 4th Edition, 2022). This profile was made 2-3 m away from the SLEIGH.
This work was US-led, US-UK collaboration co-funded by the US National Science Foundation and the UK National Environment Research Council.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2026-01-30T16:22:43
- Date (Creation)
- 2026-01-30T16:22:43
- Identifier
- NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 42253e31a80947c1b63a5af456f04eeb
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- doi / 10.5285/42253e31a80947c1b63a5af456f04eeb
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- Greenland
- snow profile
- density
- ICECAPS
- ICECAPS-MELT
- Camp Raven
- Greenland Ice Sheet
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- EnglishEnglish
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2024-08-21T00:00:00
- End date
- 2024-08-22T00:00:00
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- WGS 84
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Guidelines, 4th Edition, 2022
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The mass of each snow sample was recorded in the field. The metal cutter volume was measured independent of manufacturer specifications. Density was computed as the mass (+/- 0.1 g, 1-sigma) divided by the volume (small cutter uncertainty = +/- 4 cm3, 1-sigma; large cutter uncertainty = +/- 20 cm3, 1-sigma).
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- 42253e31a80947c1b63a5af456f04eeb XML
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- EnglishEnglish
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- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
- Parent identifier
- ICECAPS-MELT: Manual and Instrumented Snow Property Measurements at Camp Raven, Southwest Greenland (May and August 2024) aef72bc18a244465a721646babf3018a
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- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-05-06T02:28:40
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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