Manual snow pit and ice core data, including temperature, density, salinity, and dO18, collected for a New Zealand Marsden Fund research grant. The dataset integrates measurements from snow water equivalent, differential GPS stations, automated weather stations, radiation sensors, UAV imagery, and SIMBA buoys. Data was gathered in McMurdo Sound between October and December 2022.
Use Cases
- Modeling snow-ice albedo feedbacks based on spectral albedo and broadband albedo measurements
- Analyzing sea ice thickness variability based on EM-31 and differential GPS station data
- Studying snow microstructure and impurity effects based on microCT and surface impurity concentration data
- Correlating atmospheric conditions with ice properties based on AWS and radiation station data
- Mapping snow distribution and surface roughness based on UAV RGB imagery and Structure from Motion photographs
Strengths
- Multimodal data collection integrates manual snow pits, automated sensors, UAV imagery, and buoy data
- Temporal coverage includes a focused field campaign from October to December 2022
- Geographic focus is specific to McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single field season
Provenance
- Source
- ENVIDAT
- Collection Method
- Field measurements collected as part of the New Zealand Marsden Fund Research Grant 21-VUW-103
- Time Range
- October-December 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- McMurdo Sound, Antarctica