Fig. 6: Firn temperatures at Filchner Station ...

• Main Author: Reinwarth, Oskar
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 1981
• Subjects: DEPTH, ice/snow; Temperature, ice/snow; Observation; FSE81; Polarsirkel; Antarc*; Antarctic; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; Schelfeis*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.761276; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.761276

During the German Antarctic Expedition 1979/80 to the Filchner/Ronne Ice Shelf glaciclogical investigations were carried out at the Filchner station, mainly for determination of snow accumulation. Also meteorological measurements and observations were part of the programme. Similar glaciological work on a smaller seale was done at Atka Ice Port. The report presents the results of the glaciological investigations, In an introductory part some basie eonsiderations, definitions and methods are discussed briefly, completed by a few hints on practical snow pit work. Density measurements, stratigraphie analyses with aid of a throughlight profile and hardness determination are described in more detail. The analyses of the Fi1chner snow profile of January 1980 with suplements of January 1981 reveal 7 complete budget years for 370 cm depth or 53 cm snow accumulation/year, With a mean density of 0.377 g/cm**2 this value corresponds to a water equivalent of 20 g/cm**2. At the Atka site 3 budget years were determined ... : Supplement to: Reinwarth, Oskar (1981): Glazialmeteorologische Arbeiten auf dem Filchner-Ronne-Schelfeis während der Standorterkundungsexpedition 1979/80. Polarforschung, 51(1), 61-75 ...