Ice and Climate:
Polar in-situ observations
Introduction
AWS on the Kangerlussuaq-transect (K-transect) Western Greenland ice margin, and on the Eastern Greenland ice margin. The AWS are part of a larger ongoing measuring program that includes mass balance, glacier velocity, and subglacial water pressure observations. The stations marked bold are still operational.
The Greenland stations
> S22, AWS North East Greenland
> S23, AWS North East Greenland
S5, AWS K-transect
Location: |
67°05' N, 50°06' W, ~500 m a.s.l. (Argos id:03824) | |
Operational: |
August 1997 to August 2001 | |
Live data: |
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Remarks: |
The first station had 1 measuring level, the present station has 2 measuring levels. | |
S6, AWS K-transect
Location: |
67°04' N, 49°23' W, ~1000 m a.s.l. (Argos id:01309) | |
Operational: |
August 1996 to still operational | |
Live data: |
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Remarks: |
The first station had 1 measuring level, the present station has 2 measuring levels. | |
S9, AWS K-transect
Location: |
67°03' N, 48°13' W, ~1500 m a.s.l. (Argos id:20630) | |
Operational: |
August 2003 to still operational | |
Live data: |
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Remarks: |
The station is visited once per year in August. | |
S9, Snowfox K-transect
Location: |
67°03' N, 48°13' W, ~1500 m a.s.l. (Argos id:snowfox_grl) | No photo available |
Operational: |
August 2022 to still operational | |
Live data: |
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Remarks: |
The station is visited once per year in August. | |
S10, AWS K-transect
Location: |
67°00' N, 47°01' W, ~1850 m a.s.l. |  |
Operational: |
August 2010 to April 2016 | |
Remarks: |
(Photo © Charalampos Charalampidis, GEUS) | |
S21, AWS East Greenland
Location: |
66°22' N, 39°19' W, ~1663 m a.s.l. |  |
Operational: |
April 2014 to July 2017 | |
Remarks: |
The station was located on the Eastern Greenland ice margin, West from Tasiilaq, operated by UU/IMAU and University of Utah, and visited once per year. | |
S22, AWS North East Greenland
Location: |
78°54' N, 22°23' W, ~535 m a.s.l. |  |
Operational: |
August 2016 to November 2020 | |
Remarks: |
This station is operated in collaboration with E. Rignot of the University of California and S.A. Kahn of the university of Copenhagen. (Photo © Romain Millan, University of California) | |
S23, AWS North East Greenland
Location: |
78°55' N, 21°27' W, ~142 m a.s.l. |  |
Operational: |
August 2016 to November 2020 | |
Remarks: |
This station is operated in collaboration with E. Rignot of the University of California and S.A. Kahn of the university of Copenhagen. (Photo © Romain Millan, University of California) | |
