Dataset landingpage: GlacioBasis Disko - Glacier ice - Surface mass balance

Dataset specification

  • Title: GlacioBasis Disko - Glacier ice - Surface mass balance
  • Description: Ablation stake readings in the ablation zone Glacier ice:Glacier ice GlacioBasis Disko:GlacioBasis Disko
  • DOI: 10.17897/QXKF-G654 - https://doi.org/10.17897/QXKF-G654
  • Location/site: Chamberlin - -53.51, 69.251 (lon-lat wgs84)
  • Date span of the dataset: 2016-08-31 - 2019-08-31

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/QXKF-G654

Variables measured / columns in dataset

ID Name Unit Data Type Description
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=date date YYYY-MM-DD Date date of spring measurement
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=time time HH:MM:SS Time time (not relevant but mandatory)
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=year year yyyy Number Mass balance year
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=site_name site_name - Text Site name
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=ablation ablation m w.e. Number Ablation
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=accumulation accumulation m w.e. Number Accumulation
http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/QXKF-G654&column=comments comments - Text Comments