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Snow data from Vestfonna from August 2007 to May 2008 (Finland)

Entry ID: kinnvika-snow

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Summary

Abstract: Data includes physical snow properties (temperature, grain size, stratigraphy and density) from six snow pits around Vestfonna ice cap, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard and optical measurements in snow from 01.08.2007-01.05.2008. Dataset also contains weather station and snow pit measurements from Longyearbreen, Svalbard.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 82.0	S: 72.5	E: 23.0	W: 15.0
Min Altitude: 0 Max Altitude: 600

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Olli-Pekka Mattila

Dataset Title: Snow data from Vestfonna

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2007-08-01

Stop Date: 2008-05-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH

CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW STRATIGRAPHY

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Instrument

AWS > Automated Weather System

SNOW DENSITY CUTTER

Project

IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

KINNVIKA > Change and variability of Arctic Systems Nordaustlandet, Svalbard

Access Constraints Data access is via contact person.

Use Constraints Use of the data is discussed on every request separately.

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Division of Geophysics, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland

Data Center URL: http://www.geophysics.helsinki.fi/
Dataset ID: kinnvika-snow

Data Center Personnel
Name: OLLI-PEKKA MATTILA Phone: +358-9-191 51079 Fax: +358-9-191 51000 Email: olli-pekka.mattila at helsinki.fi Contact Address: Division of Geophysics University of Helsinki P.O.Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströminkatu 2) City: Helsinki Postal Code: 00014 Country: Finland