Morphometric Characteristics of Ice and Snow in the Arctic Basin: Aircraft Landing Observations from the Former Soviet Union, 1928-1989, Version 1
Data set id:
G02140
DOI: 10.7265/N5B8562T
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Overview

This data set contains sea ice and snow measurements collected during aircraft landings associated with the Soviet Union's historical Sever airborne and North Pole drifting station programs. The data set contains measurements of 23 parameters, including ice thickness and snow depth on the runway and surrounding area; ridge, hummock, and sastrugi dimensions and areal coverage; and snow density.
Parameter(s):
FREEBOARDHUMMOCKSICE DEFORMATIONICE DEPTH/THICKNESSLENGTHSASTRUGISNOW DENSITYSNOW DEPTHSNOW DUNESWIDTH
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
SNOW MEASURING ROD
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 June 1928 to 31 May 1989
Temporal Resolution:
  • Varies
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
64
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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