25 years of high-frequency ground penetrating radar measurements of snow studies in Svalbard - metadata and GPS tracks

Surveys by ground penetrating radar (GPR) are accurate and cost-efficient, and have been conducted on Svalbard for more than 25 years, thus permitting the assessment of long term changes. The campaigns so far have covered various areas and the data is dispersed. The purpose of this report is to collect information about the conducted GPR snow cover measurements. The activities initiated in this project will be continued in the coming years and extended with a comprehensive data analysis. The dataset includes a description of metadata from GPR snow cover measurements in 1997-2022 (.CSV file) and GPS traces (.SHP files) of measurements taken in Svalbard. This study is part of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard Report 2022 published by Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS).地面穿透雷达（ground penetrating radar, GPR）探测兼具精度与成本效益，该技术已在斯瓦尔巴（Svalbard）地区开展了超过25年的应用，由此可对相关变化进行长期评估。目前已实施的多轮探测覆盖了多个区域，但数据较为分散。本报告旨在汇总已开展的GPR积雪覆盖测量相关资料。本项目启动的相关工作将在未来数年持续推进，并辅以全面的数据分析。 本数据集涵盖1997年至2022年期间GPR积雪覆盖测量的元数据描述文件（.CSV格式），以及斯瓦尔巴地区测量作业的GPS轨迹文件（.SHP格式）。 本研究属于斯瓦尔巴综合北极地球观测系统（Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System, SIOS）发布的《2022年斯瓦尔巴环境科学现状报告》的组成部分。