Dataset landingpage: MarineBasis Zackenberg - Sea ice conditions - Snow thickness

Dataset specification

  • Title: MarineBasis Zackenberg - Sea ice conditions - Snow thickness
  • Description: Measurement of snow thickness on the sea ice by the Sirius patrol Sea ice conditions:Sea ice conditions MarineBasis Zackenberg:The MarineBasis programme collects physical, chemical and biological data from the Greenland coastal zone. Work is focused around three fjord systems, all influenced by glaciers connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
  • DOI: 10.17897/B77X-BT16 - https://doi.org/10.17897/B77X-BT16
  • Location/site: Young Sound - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
  • Date span of the dataset: 2003-05-01 - 2020-03-16

Data originator, license and how to download the dataset

The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.

Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/B77X-BT16

Variables measured / columns in dataset

ID Name Unit Data Type Description
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/B77X-BT16&column=Date Date Date Date Date
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/B77X-BT16&column=Latitude+(DDM) Latitude (DDM) DDM Number
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/B77X-BT16&column=Longitude+(DDM) Longitude (DDM) DDM Number
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/B77X-BT16&column=Snow+thickness+(cm) Snow thickness (cm) Cm Number Measurement of snow thickness on the sea ice by the Sirius patrol