Meteorological and snow data from Aboa 2007-2008

The measurement period was December 2007 - January 2008. The following quantities were measured: At two sites, one over snow-covered glacier and another over blue ice: Downwelling longwave radiation Longwave radiation emitted by the surface Downwelling shortwave radiation Reflected shortwave radiation.

At one site over snow-covered glacier: Wind and air temperature at five levels in the lowermost 6.5 m Vertical profiles of snow temperature and density Snow grain size and structure (photographs). At two sites, one over snow-covered glacier and another over rocky area up on the nunatak: Turbulent fluxes of heat and momentum at the height of 3.5 m.