SUES_MSCHNG
Description:
Suess Glacier - Snow & Ice Mass Changes
File:
Variables (click to expand):
DATASET CODE
- Label:
- Definition: CODE REPRESENTING GLACIER SNOW AND ICE MASS CHANGES DATASET
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
GLACIER
- Label:
- Definition: NAME OF GLACIER WHERE MEASUREMENT WAS MADE
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
STAKE
- Label:
- Definition: Unique number for each stake on glacier
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
START_DATE
- Label: Starting Date
- Definition: BEGINNING DATE OF DATA MEASUREMENT
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: MM/DD/YYYY
- Missing values: None specified
END_DATE
- Label: Ending Date
- Definition: ENDING DATE OF DATA MEASUREMENT
- Type: Date/time
- Date format: MM/DD/YYYY
- Missing values: None specified
ZONE
- Label:
- Definition: REGION OF THE GLACIER (ABLATION OR ACCUMULATION)
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
SNOW_WEQ_CHANGE
- Label:
- Definition: SNOW HEIGHT CHANGE IN TERMS OF WATER EQUIVALENT - Cm3/Cm2 (cm water depth)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: Cm3/Cm2
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- NULL = None given
ICE_WEQ_CHANGE
- Label:
- Definition: ICE HEIGHT CHANGE IN TERMS OF WATER EQUIVALENT - Cm3/Cm2 (cm water depth)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: Cm3/Cm2
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- NULL = None given
TOTAL_WEQ_CHANGE
- Label:
- Definition: Total mass change in terms of water equivalent (sum of ice WEQ change and snow WEQ change; ice density = 0.9g/cm3)
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: Cm3/Cm2
- Maximum: 400
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: 0.1
- Missing values:
- NULL = None given
TOTAL_WEQ_STD_DEV
- Label:
- Definition: STANDARD DEVIATION OF TOTAL WEQ CHANGE
- Type: Physical quantity
- Unit: Cm3/Cm2
- Maximum: Not specified
- Minimum: Not specified
- Precision: Not specified
- Missing values:
- NULL = None given
WEQ_CHANGE_COMMENTS
- Label:
- Definition: NOTES ON WATER EQUIVALENT MEASUREMENTS
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
GLSTKID
- Label:
- Definition: CODE FROM GLACIER / STAKE/ DATE OF COORDINATE MEASUREMENT (TO BE USED FOR GIS MAPPING)
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified
FILE_NAME
- Label:
- Definition: Name of file in which data was submitted
- Type: Nominal
- Missing values: None specified