The historical Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) curated and augmented level-1 dataset
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Published:2023-12-05
Issue:12
Volume:15
Page:5467-5489
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ISSN:1866-3516
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Container-title:Earth System Science Data
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Earth Syst. Sci. Data
Author:
Vandecrux BaptisteORCID, Box Jason E.ORCID, Ahlstrøm Andreas P.ORCID, Andersen Signe B.ORCID, Bayou Nicolas, Colgan William T.ORCID, Cullen Nicolas J.ORCID, Fausto Robert S.ORCID, Haas-Artho Dominik, Heilig AchimORCID, Houtz Derek A., How Penelope, Iosifescu Enescu IonutORCID, Karlsson Nanna B.ORCID, Kurup Buchholz Rebecca, Mankoff Kenneth D., McGrath DanielORCID, Molotch Noah P., Perren Bianca, Revheim Maiken K., Rutishauser AnjaORCID, Sampson Kevin, Schneebeli MartinORCID, Starkweather Sandy, Steffen Simon, Weber Jeff, Wright Patrick J., Zwally Henry Jay, Steffen Konrad
Abstract
Abstract. The Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) consists of 31 automatic weather stations (AWSs) at 30 sites across the Greenland Ice Sheet. The first site was initiated in 1990, and the project has operated almost continuously since 1995 under the leadership of the late Konrad Steffen. The GC-Net AWS measured air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, atmospheric pressure, downward and reflected shortwave irradiance, net radiation, and ice and firn temperatures. The majority of the GC-Net sites were located in the ice sheet accumulation area (17 AWSs), while 11 AWSs were located in the ablation area, and two sites (three AWSs) were located close to the equilibrium line altitude. Additionally, three AWSs of similar design to the GC-Net AWS were installed by Konrad Steffen's team on the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica. After more than 3 decades of operation, the GC-Net AWSs are being decommissioned and replaced by new AWSs operated by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Therefore, making a reassessment of the historical GC-Net AWS data is necessary. We present a full reprocessing of the historical GC-Net AWS dataset with increased attention to the filtering of erroneous measurements, data correction and derivation of additional variables: continuous surface height, instrument heights, surface albedo, turbulent heat fluxes, and 10 m ice and firn temperatures. This new augmented GC-Net level-1 (L1) AWS dataset is now available at https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/VVXGUT (Steffen et al., 2023) and will continue to be refined. The processing scripts, latest data and a data user forum are available at https://github.com/GEUS-Glaciology-and-Climate/GC-Net-level-1-data-processing (last access: 30 November 2023). In addition to the AWS data, a comprehensive compilation of valuable metadata is provided: maintenance reports, yearly pictures of the stations and the station positions through time. This unique dataset provides more than 320 station years of high-quality atmospheric data and is available following FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data and code practices.
Funder
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Directorate for Geosciences Energi-, Forsynings- og Klimaministeriet
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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