Dataset: snow_pits
Deployment: LMG0205

snow pit data: temperature, density, stratigraphy at various depths
Principal Investigator: 
Dr Don Perovich (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, CRREL)
Co-Principal Investigator: 
Dr Doug Martinson (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, LDEO)
Scientist: 
Dr Raymond Smith (University of California-Santa Barbara, UCSB-NCEAS)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Project: 
Coordinated Deployments:
Description

Snowpits were dug at selected locations along the ice survey lines. Vertical profiles of snow temperature, density, grain size, and grain type were measured. Ice and slush layers were also noted. Results from the 22 snowpits examined in 2001 and the 16 snowpits examined in 2002 are summarized.

 

Related datasets:
ice thickness, ice optics, sea ice, ice properties

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