Dataset landingpage: GlacioBasis Disko - Snow cover - Snow sonic ranger height

This is the landing page for a dataset in the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) database. This page embeds schema.org metadata as JSON-LD, describing the dataset in machine readable and interoperable format.

Dataset specification

  • Title: GlacioBasis Disko - Snow cover - Snow sonic ranger height
  • Description: Snow height observations at LYN-A Snow cover:Snow cover GlacioBasis Disko:GlacioBasis Disko
  • DOI: 10.17897/VF9W-CE81 - https://doi.org/10.17897/VF9W-CE81
  • Location/site: Chamberlin - -53.51, 69.251 (lon-lat wgs84)
  • Date span of the dataset: 2018-05-10 - 2020-08-21

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/VF9W-CE81

Variables measured / columns in dataset

ID Name Unit Data Type Description
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VF9W-CE81&column=date date YYYY-MM-DD Date date
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VF9W-CE81&column=time time HH:MM:SS Time time
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VF9W-CE81&column=h_snow_A h_snow_A M Number Sonic ranger height above snow and ice surface (on tripod sitting on the ice)
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/VF9W-CE81&column=h_snow_A_qual h_snow_A_qual - Number Quality of Sonic ranger height above snow and ice surface (on tripod sitting on the ice)