Snowpit SnowMicroPen (SMP) force profiles collected during the MOSAiC expedition

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The SnowMicroPen (SMP) is a portable device for high-resolution in-situ measurements of penetration resistance in snow and can be correlated to snow microstructure (density, specific surface area, snow type). The penetration force is measured using a piezo-electric sensor and is digitally recorded every 4 micrometers. The SMP signal can infer stratigraphy, snow type, and snow microstructure at a vertical resolution of 1-4 mm. Based on the force signal, density and specific surface area parameterizations are calculated. Through horizontally repeated measurements, the SMP can help relate detailed point-scale snow profiles to a larger sampling area and provide information about the spatial variability of snow stratigraphy and physical snow properties. During the MOSAiC expedition (October 2019-September 2020), the SMP was used to measure 389 snowpits or transects to allow for upscaling of detailed point measurements of snow profiles. This dataset consists of 6837 SMP measurements and covers a complete annual cycle of snow stratigraphy on sea ice in the high Arctic. Please direct inquiries to; David Wagner (PS122/1), Martin Schneebeli (PS122/2), Amy Macfarlane (PS122/3 and PS122/4), Ruzica Dadic (PS122/5).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935554
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.935934
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927460
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Creator Macfarlane, Amy R ORCID logo; Schneebeli, Martin ORCID logo; Dadic, Ruzica ORCID logo; Wagner, David N ORCID logo; Arndt, Stefanie ORCID logo; Clemens-Sewall, David; Hämmerle, Stefan; Hannula, Henna-Reetta ORCID logo; Jaggi, Matthias; Kolabutin, Nikolai; Krampe, Daniela ORCID logo; Lehning, Michael; Matero, Ilkka ORCID logo; Nicolaus, Marcel ORCID logo; Oggier, Marc ORCID logo; Pirazzini, Roberta; Polashenski, Chris; Raphael, Ian ORCID logo; Regnery, Julia ORCID logo; Shimanchuck, Egor; Smith, Madison M; Tavri, Aikaterini ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2021
Funding Reference Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207 Crossref Funder ID AFMOSAiC-1_00 Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate; Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207 Crossref Funder ID AWI_PS122_00 Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate / MOSAiC; Horizon 2020 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007601 Crossref Funder ID 730965 doi:10.3030/730965 Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium: A strategy for meeting the needs for marine-based research in the Arctic (ARICE); Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research https://doi.org/10.13039/501100015742 Crossref Funder ID WSL_201812N1678 ; Swiss National Science Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001711 Crossref Funder ID 179130 https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/179130 From Cloud to Ground: Snow Accumulation in Extreme Environments; Swiss Polar Institute https://doi.org/10.13039/501100015594 Crossref Funder ID DIRCR-2018-003
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 37781 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-2.646W, 79.203S, 128.147E, 89.153N); Arctic Ocean
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-10-25T01:15:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2020-09-30T09:00:25Z