Meteorological and firn temperature data from three weather stations in the percolation zone of southwest Greenland, 2017 - 2019

• Main Authors: Federico Covi, Regine Hock, Asa Rennermalm, Sasha Leidman, Clement Miege, Jonathan Kingslake, Jing Xiao, Michael MacFerrin, Marco Tedesco
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2022
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS > ICE SHEETS; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ALBEDO; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW ENERGY BALANCE; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE; Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2BN9X444

This dataset contains information about data collected by automatic weather stations (AWS) at three sites (Site J, 2040 meters above sea level.; Dye-2, 2120 meters above sea level; EKT, 2360 meters above sea level) in the percolation zone of southwest Greenland between spring 2017 and fall 2019. The stations recorded near-surface air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, shortwave incoming and reflected radiation, longwave incoming and outgoing radiation, and relative surface height. Subsurface temperatures were measured at 28 depths below the surface. Meteorological variables were sampled every 5 minutes while surface height and subsurface temperatures were sampled every hour. The data series have been quality checked and corrected as necessary. The dataset includes the following files: README.pdf : general metadata of this dataset. It contains information on data availability as well as variables measured at each site. DataCorrection.pdf : metadata regarding the data corrections applied to the AWS data. AWS_SITE_startDATE_endDATE_5min.txt : 5 minutes data. AWS_SITE_startDATE_endDATE_hourly.txt : hourly data. AWS_SITE_startDATE_endDATE_daily.txt : daily data. AWS_SITE_Metadata.pdf : site specific weather station metadata. It contains all the information such as station history, instruments, calibrations, site visits, etc. AWS_SITE_QuickLook.html : interactive html file displaying hourly meteorological data for a quick look (only Site J and EKT).