Date (Creation)

2025-03-07

Date (Revision)

2025-03-07

Date (Publication)

2025-03-07

Date (released)

2025-03-07

Edition

1.0

Unique resource identifier

https://doi.org/10.5285/62b9e5c5-190a-4137-ad95-3565e99395fe

Codespace

doi

Unique resource identifier

GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02029

Codespace

https://data.bas.ac.uk/

Unique resource identifier

NE/S007164/1

Codespace

award

Other citation details

Please cite this item as: Moser, D., Gallet, J., Thomas, E., Spolaor, A., & Scoto, F. (2025). Time-lapse video of tracer percolation experiment in Svalbard seasonal snowpack, Ny-Alesund March 2023 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/62b9e5c5-190a-4137-ad95-3565e99395fe

Credit

No credit.

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey	Polar Data Centre, UK		Author
British Antarctic Survey	Moser, Dorothea		Author
Norwegian Polar Institute	Gallet, Jean-Charles		Author
British Antarctic Survey	Thomas, Elizabeth		Author
Ca' Foscari University of Venice	Spolaor, Andrea		Author
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche	Scoto, Federico		Author
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

Maintenance note

Completed

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

• EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
• EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Melt
• EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Melt
• EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Snow/Ice > Snow Stratigraphy

Theme

• Melt

• Percolation

• Snow

• Svalbard

• Timelapse

• Tracer experiment

Place

• Ny-Alesund, Svalbard Arctic

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Atmospheric conditions
• Meteorological geographical features
• Hydrography

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

public access limited according to Article 13(1)(e) of the INSPIRE Directive

Use constraints

License

Other constraints

Open Government Licence v3.0

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

This dataset is under embargo until publication of the related manuscript.

Unique resource identifier

url

Codespace

url

Association Type

Cross reference

Unique resource identifier

url

Codespace

url

Association Type

Cross reference

Unique resource identifier

doi

Codespace

doi

Association Type

Cross reference

Unique resource identifier

doi

Codespace

doi

Association Type

Cross reference

Spatial representation type

Text, table

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date

2023-03-31

End date

2023-03-31

Supplemental Information

It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk.

Title

European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication)

2008-11-12

Cited responsible party

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Petroleum Survey Group		EPSGadministrator@iogp.org	Publisher

Unique resource identifier

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031

Version

6.18.3

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Methodology:

The rain-on-snow percolation experiment used a coloured water tracer of known temperature (12.4 degrees C) and volume (2000mL), which is applied over a defined area (40 cm x 20 cm). Tracer advance within the snowpack is visible based on its blue colour. The duration of tracer application, which can be used to calculate melt flux, was 68 seconds. The evolution of temperature was monitored with five thermometers placed in regular intervals (63cm, 60cm, 55cm, 45cm snow height) at 30-second resolution over a period of 19 minutes. The experiment was concluded when the start of refreezing was evident as decreasing temperature of the top thermometer. When the start of refreezing was evident from the decreasing temperature in the top thermometer.

The video material has been cropped to focus on the spatial extent of the snow pit front and the duration of the experiment. The yellow foldable ruler provides the scale. The timelapse video (1:11 min) captures the full 19-minute experiment duration. The original video has been sped up 16-fold to create the timelapse.

Data collection:

Dimensions of snow pit front: horizontal width = 40 cm, average snow depth = 65.5 cm

The video was recorded with the camera of a SAMSUNG Galaxy A52s mobile phone while positioned in the snow pit using a tripod. The video was processed using the Android Samsung Gallery App.

Data quality:

Video quality: 720 pixels x 992 pixels (frame width x frame height)

Thermometers were placed at the following regular intervals: 63cm, 60cm, 55cm, 45cm snow height, equalling 2.5cm, 5.5cm, 10.5cm, 15.5cm, 20.5cm below the snow surface).

Metadata

File identifier

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Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Hierarchy level name

dataset

Date stamp

2025-03-07

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115:2003(E)

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact