Snow Cover Measurements [Sturm, M., J. Holmgren, D. Perovich, T. Tucker, B. Elder, J. Richter-Menge]

• Main Authors: Matthew Sturm, Jon Holmgren, Donald Perovich, Walter B. "Terry" Tucker III, Bruce Elder, Jacqueline Richter-Menge
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Sturm; albedo; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:e57597af-9ca8-47e6-af8d-0062bb5868ff

Snow covers Arctic sea ice for 8-9 months of the year, increasing the albedo and greatly reducing the sensible heat exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean. The spatial variability and temporal evolution of snow depth is of fundamental interest. At the beginning of the experiment, we laid out...