ClimateBasis Nuuk - Snow properties - Stratigraphy_SnowPit_Heath(D) ...

• Main Author: Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring 2020
• Subjects: Arctic Ecosystems; Climate Change; Greenland; Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring; Climate; Nuuk; Arctic; Kobbefjord; Qeqertarsuaq; Climate change; greenlandic; Zackenberg
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17897/st0k-8h54; https://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/ST0K-8H54

To document the properties of the snowpack six snowpits are made in Kobbefjord each year in late winter (app. April). The logging of the stratigraphy includes description of snow grain size, grain shape and hardness downthrough the profile. Snow temperatures and densities of the snow pit is found un...