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Holtedhalfonna 18 April, first pit, glacier. Stratigraphy on ground on 19 April 2011. Remarque: Very homogeneous layers, very easy for density measurement and sampling. Conditions: No wind, 30% clouds in the sky, no precipitation, 100 meters East of the day before.
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Holtedhalfonna 18 April, first pit, glacier. Stratigraphy on ground on 19 April 2011. Remarque: Very homogeneous layers, very easy for density measurement and sampling. Conditions: No wind, 30% clouds in the sky, no precipitation, 100 meters East of the day before. Tair@ + 10 cm : -14.7°C Tsnow from top in degree C, the bottom is referenced as 0 and the top as 55 cm: 53 cm = -16.750 cm = -14.8 45 cm = --15.0 40 cm = -13.735 cm = -12.9 30 cm = -12.6 25 cm = -12.2 20 cm = -12.1 15 cm = -12.0 10 cm = -11.9 5 cm = -11.8 Stop at 55 cm depth. Observations 55 Blown snow , 1 finger. 0.1-0.2 mm. Recognizable particles of dendritic crystals, 3 fingers to wrist. Rounded grains, 0.2 mm, some facets and angles are visible. Hard, knife. Pencil, 0.1-0.2 mm, no facets and no angles Facets, angles, only 30% are rounded shape. 51 40 34 26 12 0 2 meters snow, glacier