ICECAPS-MELT: Manual snow properties from one 1-m snow profile in SW Greenland (August 2024)

Snow properties were measured in 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. The properties measured were snow grain size, snow crystal habit/form, and hand hardness. A layer identification was performed prior to these measurements. 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.