Energy balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Keywords

Updated 2001-04-06

Analysis of the energy balance terms obtained during the measuring campaign in 1991 at Greenland. It deals with profile and turbulence measurements, RASS-SODAR observations and radiation measurments.

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

Status: Completed
Project time span: 1991 - 1998
Data collection: not specified
Data processing: not specified
Data reporting: not specified

Contact information

Contact person: H.F. Vugts
Address: Vakgroep Meteorologie Faculteit der Aardwetenschappen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 4447332
Fax: +31 20 6462457
Other project contacts: Ir. N.J. Bink

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Climate change effects

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Ice/snowpack

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

ice sheet mass balance profile and turbulence measurements RASS-SODAR observations radiation measurments

Geography

Regions studied: Climate change effects

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: no

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No