(Table 1) Characteristics of snow pits on De Geerfonna and Vestfonna during the IPY 2007-2010 ...

• Main Authors: Möller, Marco, Möller, Rebecca, Beaudon, Emilie, Mattila, Olli-Pekka, Finkelnburg, Roman, Braun, Matthias Holger, Grabiec, Mariusz, Jonsell, Ulf, Luks, Bartłomiej, Puczko, Dariusz, Scherer, Dieter, Schneider, Christoph
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Event label; Identification; Glacier; DATE/TIME; UTM Northing, Universal Transverse Mercator; UTM Easting, Universal Transverse Mercator; UTM Zone, Universal Transverse Mercator; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; ELEVATION; Temperature, air; Depth, relative; Depth water equivalent; Density, snow; Density, standard deviation; Hardness description; Standard deviation; Temperature, ice/snow; Temperature, ice/snow, standard deviation; Temperature, ice/snow, minimum; Temperature, ice/snow, maximum; Snow pit; IPY-4; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; glacier; Ice cap; International Polar Year; IPY; Nordaustlandet; Svalbard; Vestfonna
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.817160; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.817160

Extensive glaciological field measurements were carried out on the ice cap Vestfonna as well as on the minor ice body De Geerfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) within the framework of IPY Kinnvika. Field campaigns were conducted during the period 2007-2010 in spring (April/May) and summer (August). In this study we compile and present snow cover information obtained from 22 snow pits that were dug on Vestfonna during this period. Locations are along two transects on the northwestern, land terminating slope of the ice cap, on its central summit, Ahlmann Summit, and at a set of several other locations in the eastern and northern part of the ice cap. Snow-cover information acquired from four snow pits on adjacent De Geerfonna is also incorporated in this study. Field data are analysed regarding snow stratigraphy, snow density, snow hardness and snow temperature. Results reveal mean snow densities of around 400 kg/m**3 for the snowpack of Vestfonna with no apparent spatial or interannual variability. A distinctly ... : Snow hardness classes according to Fierz et al (2009): 1 = very soft; 2 = soft; 3 = medium, 4 = hard, 5 = very hard, 6 = ice. Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150 ...