Meteorological observations on Sofiyskiy Glacier, Russian Altai Mountains

• Main Authors: Keisuke Suzuki, Takao Kameda, Mika Kohno, Fumio Nakazawa, Jun Uetake, Yoshiyuki Fujii
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Environmental Sciences, Shinshu University/Kitami Institute of Technology/National Institute of Polar Research/Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University/Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology/National Institute of Polar Research 2002
• Subjects: Polar meteorology and glaciology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2954; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002954/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2954&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

Meteorological observations were carried out on Sofiyskiy Glacier from July 7 to 17, 2001. Air temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, atmospheric pressure and global radiation were measured with automatic instruments every ten minutes. Snow surface height was measured using a stake installed in the surface snow several times a day. The net gain of snow surface during the observation period was 268 mm. In the first half of the observation period, air temperature exceeded 3°C during the daytime, but air temperature never became positive during the latter half of the observation period. The heat balance was examined from the meteorological data. The values of estimated snowmelt and observed snowmelt correspond almost exactly.