ICECAPS-MELT: Permittivity-based snow density from a 1-m snow profile in SW Greenland (August 2024)

Snow density (kg m-3) was measured using two different permittivity-based devices (FPGA Company SnowPro-40 and SnowPro-17 sensors) from a 1-m deep snow profile from southwest Greenland (Camp Raven, 66.48 N, 46.30 W, 2331 m asl) during Spring 2024. The snow profile measurements were made adjacent to an autonomous atmospheric and glaciological platform (the SLEIGH) as part of the ICECAPS-MELT (Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state, and Precipitation - MEasurements along Lagrangian Transects) experiment. This profile was made 2-3 m away from the SLEIGH.

This work was US-led, US-UK collaboration co-funded by the US National Science Foundation and the UK National Environment Research Council.