Glaciodyn (Canada) IPY Project: Weather station data collected on the Belcher Glacier, Devon Island Ice Cap, 2008-2009

• Main Authors: Sharp, Martin, Duncan, Angus, Wolken, Gabriel, Boon, Sarah
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2011
• Subjects: Devon Island; Energy balance; Glaciers; Meteorology; Snow; Temperature; International Polar Year-Dynamic Response of Arctic Glaciers to Global Warming; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Belcher; Belcher Glacier; albedo; glacier*; Global warming; Ice cap; Iceberg*; International Polar Year; IPY
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/10933; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=10933

Field measurements were necessary to initialize, force, and validate the surface energy balance model for the Belcher Glacier. Hourly and daily averages of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, net radiation, and surface elevation were recorded over the 2008 summer (June-Sept...