The SUMup dataset: compiled measurements of surface mass balance components over ice sheets and sea ice with analysis over Greenland

Montgomery, Lynn; Koenig, Lora; Alexander, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1959-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1959-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1959-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Review article

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23 Oct 2018

Review article |

| 23 Oct 2018

The SUMup dataset: compiled measurements of surface mass balance components over ice sheets and sea ice with analysis over Greenland

Lynn Montgomery, Lora Koenig, and Patrick Alexander

Data sets

Surface Mass Balance and Snow Depth on Sea Ice Working Group (SUMup) accumulation on land ice subdataset, Greenland and Antarctica, 1987-2018. L. Koenig and L. Montgomery https://doi.org/10.18739/A2DR2P790

Surface Mass Balance and Snow Depth on Sea Ice Working Group (SUMup) snow density subdataset, Greenland and Antartica, 1950-2018 L. Koenig and L. Montgomery https://doi.org/10.18739/A2JH3D23R

Surface Mass Balance and Snow Depth on Sea Ice Working Group (SUMup) snow depth on sea ice subdataset, Antarctica and Baltic Sea, 1990-2018 L. Koenig and L. Montgomery https://doi.org/10.18739/A2WS8HK6X

Short summary

The SUMup dataset is a standardized, expandable, community dataset of Arctic and Antarctic observations of surface mass balance components, including snow/firn density, snow accumulation on land ice, and snow depth on sea ice. The measurements in this dataset were compiled from field notes, papers, technical reports, and digital files. We use these observations to monitor change in the polar regions and evaluate model output as well as remote sensing measurements.