Programme for monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet (PROMICE): Automatic weather station data, 2007-present

• Main Authors: Robert Schjøtt Fausto, Dirk van As, PROMICE Scientific Data
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: Arctic Report Card 2020; Arctic; Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/data/aws

Several projects supported the Programme for monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet (PROMICE) weather station network significantly. Automatic weather stations (AWS) collect data from the ablation area on the Greenland ice sheet. All values available for download are calculated with data retrieved from the data loggers. Data gaps are filled making use of transmitted data, where available. The automatic weather stations measure all variables (except those by Global Positioning System (GPS)) every 10 minutes, and transmit hourly averages during summer (days 100-300) and daily averages during winter. Parameters of low variability (ablation, tilt, etc.) are transmitted (instantaneous values) every 6 hours in summer, and daily in winter. GPS measurements follow the transmission schedule. Fausto, R.S. and van As, D., (2019). Programme for monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet (PROMICE): Automatic weather station data. Version: v03, Dataset published via Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/data/aws