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The data contains the snow geophysical property data collected from both sea ice and lake ice during the Churchill Freeze-up Campaign (December, 2021).

The snow geophysical properties include:

  • snow salinity
  • bulk-density
  • temperature profiles.

The associated snow depth data can be found here.

The associated KuKa transect data can be found here.

Photo Credit: Rosemary Willatt

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Dataset Name Churchill snow geophysical data - December 2021
Dataset General Type snow data
Dataset Type Dataset
Dataset Level 0-Raw data
Program Website
Keyword Vocabulary Polar Data Catalogue
Keyword Vocabulary URL https://www.polardata.ca/pdcinput/public/keywordlibrary
Theme Cryosphere
Dataset Status Planned
Maintenance and Update Frequency Not planned
Dataset Last Revision Date 2023-08-08
Dataset DOI 10.34992/6v44-h203
Metadata Creation Date 2023
Publisher CanWIN
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Dataset Collection Start Date 2021-12-02
Dataset Collection End Date 2023-08-12
Spatial regions Churchill
Spatial extent West Bound Longitude
Spatial extent East Bound Longitude
Spatial extent South Bound Latitude
Spatial extent North Bound Latitude
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Sample Collection
Sample Collection 1
Sampling Instrument Name
Conductivity Meter
Standardized Sampling Instrument Name
Sample Collection Method Name
Snow salinity measurements
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Method Summary

A conductivity meter was used to measure the snow salinity from different snow layers collected from snow pits.

Sample Collection 2
Sampling Instrument Name
Temperature Probe
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Sample Collection Method Name
Snow temperature profile measurements
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A temperature probe was used to measure the changing snow temperature profile across different depths of the snow pit

Sample Collection 3
Sampling Instrument Name
Snow Density Cutter
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Sample Collection Method Name
Snow density measurement
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A snow density cutter was used to take snow samples across different layers of the snow pit. The snow density was later calculated after weighing the snow layers and using the approximate density of the cutter.
Activity Collection Type Field Measurement
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Licence Type Open
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Dataset Authors
Dataset Authors 1
Name
Stroeve, Julienne
Type of Name
Personal
Email
julienne.stroeve@umanitoba.ca
Affiliation
Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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Contributors
Contributors 1
Name
Saha, Monojit
Role
Data Collector
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Affiliation
Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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Contributors 2
Name
Nandan, Vishnu
Role
Data Collector
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Affiliation
Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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Contributors 3
Name
Willatt, Rosemary
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Data Collector
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Contributors 4
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Mallett, Robbie
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Contributors 5
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Newman, Thomas
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Contributors 6
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Jensen, David
Role
Data Collector
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Affiliation
Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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Contributors 7
Name
Yackel, John
Role
Data Collector
Email
Affiliation
University of Calgary
ORCID ID
Project Data Curator Stroeve, Julienne
Project Data Curator email julienne.stroeve@umanitoba.ca
Project Data Curator Affiliation Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
Awards
Awards 1
Award Title
Canada 150 Research Chair
Website
https://www.canada150.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/chairholders-titulaires/index-eng.aspx#stroeve
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Related Resources 1
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Publications 1
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