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Laska, Michał; Luks, Bartłomiej; Kępski, Daniel; Gądek, Bogdan; Głowacki, Piotr; Puczko, Dariusz; Migała, Krzysztof; Nawrot, Adam; Pętlicki, Michał (2022): Hansbreen Snowpit Dataset: a long-term snow monitoring (since 1989) in the unique field laboratory (SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942279

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Abstract:
Analyses of the seasonal snow cover provide basic information on the condition of glaciers, the water cycle and the energy budget in the natural environment. Therefore, they are a valuable source of information for more accurate glacier mass balance estimations, validation of remote sensing products, snowpack evolution and hydrological models. Hansbreen Snowpit Dataset is the largest and longest collection of the snowpit measurements on Svalbard and very few across the entire Arctic. It includes all archived snow profiles performed on Hansbreen (Hans Glacier), Svalbard since 1989, when the glaciological monitoring on this glacier has begun, until 2021. Snowpits were performed at 1 to 3 reference sites, most often once a season, during the maximum snow cover accumulation (April-May), but several were conducted in March, June and September. Physical properties of the snow cover include snow depth, grain shape and size, snow hardness, wetness, temperature and density, or the snow water equivalent at the reference study sites. The entire dataset has been revised and unified to the current protocols and the applicable classification by The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences, making it comparable to different worldwide locations – past, now, and future.
Keyword(s):
Arctic; Cryosphere; Hansbreen; Hornsund; seasonal snow cover; snowpit; snow stratigraphy; Spitsbergen; Svalbard
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Laska, Michał; Luks, Bartłomiej; Kępski, Daniel; Gądek, Bogdan; Głowacki, Piotr; Puczko, Dariusz; Migała, Krzysztof; Nawrot, Adam; Pętlicki, Michał (2022): Hansbreen Snowpit Dataset – over 30-year of detailed snow research on an Arctic glacier. Scientific Data, 9(1), 656, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01767-8
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 77.105190 * Median Longitude: 15.579387 * South-bound Latitude: 77.010000 * West-bound Longitude: 15.443480 * North-bound Latitude: 77.480000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.662685
Date/Time Start: 1989-03-27T10:40:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-04-23T18:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Size:
28 datasets

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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1989. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942237
  2. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1990. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942248
  3. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1991. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942249
  4. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1992. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942253
  5. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1993. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942254
  6. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1994. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942255
  7. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1995. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942256
  8. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1996. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942257
  9. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1997. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942258
  10. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1998. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942259
  11. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 1999. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942260
  12. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2000. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942261
  13. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2004. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942263
  14. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2006. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942264
  15. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2007. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942265
  16. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2008. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942266
  17. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942267
  18. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2010. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942268
  19. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942269
  20. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942270
  21. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2013. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942271
  22. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2014. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942272
  23. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2015. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942273
  24. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2016. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942274
  25. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2017. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942275
  26. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2018. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942276
  27. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2019. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942277
  28. Laska, M; Luks, B; Kępski, D et al. (2022): Snow profiles from Hansbreen (Hans Glacier, Svalbard) in 2021. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.942278