Dataset landingpage: MarineBasis Zackenberg - Sea ice conditions - Open water duration

Dataset specification

  • Title: MarineBasis Zackenberg - Sea ice conditions - Open water duration
  • Description: The duration of the ice free period in outer Young Sound 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/R3QB-7Q71 - https://doi.org/10.17897/R3QB-7Q71
  • Location/site: Young Sound - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
  • Date span of the dataset: 2002 - 2020

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/R3QB-7Q71

Variables measured / columns in dataset

ID Name Unit Data Type Description
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/R3QB-7Q71&column=Year Year Number Number Year
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/R3QB-7Q71&column=Open+Water+duration Open Water duration Days Number The duration of the ice free period in outer Young Sound
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/R3QB-7Q71&column=Station Station Text Text Station name