Snow Cover Measurements [Sturm, M., J. Holmgren, D. Perovich, T. Tucker, B. Elder, J. Richter-Menge] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/13.828 Summary Snow covers Arctic sea ice for 8-9 months of the year, increasing the albedo and greatly reducing the sensible heat exchange between the atmosphere and the ocean. The spatial variability and temporal evolution of snow depth is of fundamental interest. At the beginning of the experiment, we laid out five survey lines. Surveys of snow depth were routinely conducted along these lines throughout the SHEBA year. Measurements were made every 1-2 weeks from October through May and every other day from June through August. The surveys consisted of walking along a line and measuring snow depth every 1-5 m. Snow depth was measured either manually using a graduated ski pole or automatically using a magnaprobe. Manual measurements were rounded off to the nearest centimeter and magnaprobe values were accurate to better than 0.5 cm. Care was taken to repeat the surveys along the same lines, but no attempt was made to measure at exactly the same points. During summer, pond depths, as well as snow depths, were measured along these lines. For additional documentation, start with the snow.htm file contained in the zip file html-metadata.zip. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 13.828 * doi:10.5065/D6R20ZRW https://doi.org/10.5065/D6R20ZRW Versions 1.0 Citation Sturm, M., et al. 2007. Snow Cover Measurements. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6R20ZRW Accessed 20 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * SHEBA: Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean Project https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SHEBA Additional information * Spatial Type: unknown * Frequency: other * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Arctic * Meteorology * Sea Ice Platforms * Field Surveys Instruments * Snow Measuring Rod Sites * Arctic Ocean * SHEBA Ice Camp GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH Documentation * SNOWMETA.TXT [4 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41388311B044/SNOWMETA.TXT Related links * homepage: Field Observations: Snow and Ice http://polar.erdc.dren.mil/people/personnel_sid/perovichweb/SHEBAice/index.htm * homepage: SHEBA EOL Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/sheba * info: SHEBA Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/sheba/dmplan3.doc.html * info: SHEBA Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/sheba/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1997-10-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1998-09-30 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 80.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -170.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -130.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Matthew Sturm https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336 * author: Jon Holmgren https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1249 * author: Donald Perovich https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/175 * author: Walter B. "Terry" Tucker III https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1303 * author: Bruce Elder https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1230 * author: Jacqueline Richter-Menge https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1229 * principalInvestigator: Donald Perovich https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/175 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/13.828?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/13.828?format=isotc211