ICECAPS-MELT: Snow specific surface area from a 1-m snow profile in SW Greenland (August 2024)

Snow specific surface area (SSA, m2/m3) was measured using an active near-infrared sensor (FPGA Company Infrasnow) from a 1-m deep snow profile from southwest Greenland (Camp Raven, 66.48 N, 46.30 W, 2331 m asl) during Summer 2024. The snow SSA 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.