The springtime, surface-albedo transition in the Alaskan Arctic and the forcings that determine the duration and nature of that transition are the focus of our Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO I & II) campaign. The SALVO team are assessing the “whys” and “how longs” of the stages of the spring melt during which albedo values drop from 0.8 to 0.1, the largest and most significant change of the year. The near-shore location of the ARM NSA observatory makes this an ideal place to investigate these melt stages.
Metadata Creator:
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Name:
Anika Pinzner |
Email:
apinzner@alaska.edu |
Phone:
9078888555 |
Street:
2156 Koyukuk Drive |
City:
FAIRBANKS |
State:
AK |
Postal:
99775 |
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Contact Info:
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Name:
Jennifer Delamere |
Email:
jsdelamere@alaska.edu |
Phone:
9074747140 |
Street:
2156 Koyukuk Drive |
City:
FAIRBANKS |
State:
AK |
Postal:
99775 |
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Investigator(s):
| Anika Pinzner (apinzner@alaska.edu) 0000-0001-6309-7733 Jennifer Delamere (jsdelamere@alaska.edu) 0000-0001-5074-6458 Matthew Sturm (msturm1@alaska.edu) 0000-0001-8882-1329 Ema Mayo (emayo2@alaska.edu)
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Related Publications/References: |
Hiller, C., Keuschnig, M., Hartmeyer, I., and Götz, J. (2014). Assessment of the temperature variability at the snow-ground interface-concept and first results. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 14882). |
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Data Citation: | https://doi.org/10.5439/1970749 |
Data Format: | xlsx |
File Naming Convention: | sitename_measurementname.datalevel.year.xlsx |
Directory Organization: | year/site/instrument/datalevel |
Abstract: | The springtime, surface-albedo transition in the Alaskan Arctic and the forcings that determine the duration and nature of that transition are the focus of our Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO I & II) campaign. The SALVO team are assessing the “whys” and “how longs” of the stages of the spring melt during which albedo values drop from 0.8 to 0.1, the largest and most significant change of the year. The near-shore location of the ARM NSA observatory makes this an ideal place to investigate these melt stages. |
Purpose: | In addition to spot snow temperatures from snow pits, we installed BTS (Bottom Temperature Snow: Hiller et al., 2014) sensors connected to data loggers (Onset Computers model U23) at the snow-substrate interface. At each site, we chose a landscape feature representative of the respective site (ARM: drainage channel, BEO: LCP/ trough, ICE: barchan dune, CHK: drift apron after small pressure ridge) specifically to monitor water movements within the snow and get insight into the arrival of water at the base of the snow. Air temperature measurements were collected for site-specific temperature monitoring (sensors 5B - see metadata file). |
Data Usage: | Data is stored in excel files as a function of time (GMT). Temperatures are recorded in degree C in ten minute intervals. The measurements are instantaneous. |
Data Credit: | Hannah Chapman-Dutton, Serina Wesen, Owen Larson |
Arm Sites:
| nsa |
Content Time Range:
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Begin:
2022-04-17
End:
2022-06-19 |
Data Type: | research data - ASR funded
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Scientific Measurements(s): |
Measurement name | Variables |
Temperature measurements | |
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Data Quality: |
Attribute Accuracy:
| U23-004: +/- 0.21 degree C from 0 degree to 50 degree C (0.04 degree F at 77 degree F) |
Positional Accuracy:
| No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted |
Consistency and Completeness Report:
| Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. |
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Use Restrictions:
| No use constraints are associated with this data. |
Distribution Info:
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Organization Name: |
ARM Archive User Services
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Email:
armarchive[at]ornl.gov
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Phone:
1-888-ARM-DATA
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Street:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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City:
Oak Ridge
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State:
Tennessee
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Postal:
37831-6290
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