Precipitation Observations for the Northwest Ross Ice Shelf - 2017-12 to 2019-11

• Main Author: Seefeldt, Mark
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Data Center 2021
• Subjects: Weather Station Data; Precipitation; WeatherStation; Accumulation; Snow; Meteorology; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Snow/Ice; Cryosphere; Antarctica; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15784/601441; https://www.usap-dc.org/view/dataset/601441

The dataset includes precipitation and associated observations at four sites across the northwest Ross Ice Shelf from December 2017 to November 2019. The general instruments at each site include precipitation gauge - installed inside a wind shield, anemometer, thermometer, sonic ranging sensor, optical particle detector, laser disdrometer, shortwave and longwave radiation sensors, and a field camera. The observations from each site include: precipitation (liquid water equivalent), temperature, wind speed, snow surface height, particle count, particle size and speed, upward/downward longwave radiation, upward/downward shortwave radiation, still image photos, and 5-second movies. The data are in comma-delimited text files, jpg photos, and mp4 movies. png plots of the quality-controlled observations are included for quick views of the data.