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Snow ALbedo eVOlution (SALVO) Campaign Snow Depth and Related Surface Properties from April - June, 2024 in Utqiagivk, AK

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.5439/2562131· OSTI ID:2562131
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Detailed transects of snow depths and related measurements were made with a magnaprobe along fixed lines in Utqiagvik, AK. The operator measures snow depth by plunging a rod with a sliding basket into the snow and pressing a trigger. At this point, the data logger records the distance between the tip of the rod and the height of the basket, the measurement number, the time, and the geographic location of the measurement. To measure snow depth, the rod tip must be placed at the snow-ground or snow-sea ice interface. The interface can be hard or soft; in the latter case, it is possible to “over-probe”, producing a snow depth that is too high. At times, the probe was also used to measure the depths of other interfaces within the snowpack (for example, the depth to persistent ice lenses) or the water depths of ponds atop the tundra or sea ice. When these alternative depth measurements were made, the operator recorded the location, measurement number, and composition of the alternative depth measurement in a field notebook. The data logger on the probe stores several thousand points. Data is downloaded to a computer at the end of a day or several days.
Probes: We used 2 magnaprobes identified as GEO1 and GEODEL with the following serial numbers: S/N 20240416 (GEO1) and S/N P48066 (GEODEL).

Note: There are three data levels available with this dataset: b3, b4, and a6. New users of these data are strongly encouraged to use the level a6 or b4 data.

Research Organization:
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Contributing Organization:
PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2562131
Report Number(s):
ARM0939
Availability:
ORNL
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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