Snow density measured in snow pits using snow samples and a volumetric method during the drift station (2004-11-29 to 2005-01-02) of the POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXII/2 (ISPOL) ...

• Main Authors: Haas, Christian, Nicolaus, Marcel, Willmes, Sascha, Nicolaus, Anja, Lobach, John
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Event label; DATE/TIME; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Sample code/label; DEPTH, ice/snow; Density, snow; Ice station; Volumetric; ANT-XXII/2; Polarstern; Antarc*; Antarctic; Sea ice; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.772853; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.772853

Various physical properties of snow and sea ice were measured during ice stations in the Western Weddell Sea, Antarctic, during the POLARSTERN cruise ANT-XXII/2 (ISPOL) in 2004. All stations during the transect from the ice edge to the drift station were reached by helicopter. During the drift station (2004-11-29 to 2005-01-02) the ice was accessed through a gangway directly from the vessel. During the drift station, patches P6 and P9 were on first-year sea ice, patches P5 and P8 on multi-year sea ice. All vertical positions are corrected to freeboard, e.g. z=0 represents the snow-ice interface. More detailed information about the data sets and methods are available from the cruise report (section 3.2). Core names (labels) refer to the name convention of that cruise, including date and core type. ...