Infrared Surface Temperature near Summit, Greenland in June and July of 2015

• Main Authors: Adolph, Alden, Albert, Mary, Hall, Dorothy
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: Surface Temperature; Snow; Summit, Greenland; Infrared Surface Temperature; Greenland; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2x921k1x; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2X921K1X

Infrared snow surface temperatures were collected in June and July of 2015 at a site near Summit Station in Greenland to study near surface thermal properties and to validate MODIS surface temperature products. Measurements were made every 5 minutes, and the average was recorded and saved every 30 minutes. During this time period, temperature ranged from approximately -30 degrees C to -5 degrees C. These measurements were conducted to study near surface temperature inversions that occur in the 2 m directly above the ice sheet, and they were also used to validate the MODIS land surface temperature products (MOD/MYD11 Collection 6).