GlacioBasis carries out quantitative glaciological field observations from the A. P. Olsen Ice Cap (74.6° N, 21.5° W) and from the outlet glacier discharging into the Zackenberg River drainage basin.

Photo: Charlotte Sigsgaard.         Photo: Michele Citterio

Since March 2008, two Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) have been providing data for surface energy balance and ablation modelling from different elevations in the ablation zone. The main AWS transmits real-time data to Copenhagen year-round, and the second AWS provides data to obtain gradients of physical parameters.

GlacioBasis also maintains a network of ablation stakes, and in co-operation with GeoBasic carries out Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys of snow depth, calibrating accumulation with density profiles from snow pits.

Photo: Charlotte Sigsgaard.

GlacioBasis is run by the Quaternary Geology Department of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), and is funded through the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy.

GlacioBasis Manual

Contact:
Michele Citterio mcit@geus.dk
Michele Citterio's CV

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