Nordicana D87 / DOI : 10.5885/45705CE-98FC517D461E4C25

In-situ snowpack physical properties in northeastern Canada (Québec, Nunavik, Nunavut)

Alain Royer^1,2, Florent Domine^3,2, Alexandre Langlois^1,2, Alexandre Roy^4,2, Gautier Davesne^5,2
¹Département de géomatique appliquée, Université de Sherbrooke
²Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval
³Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) and CNRS-INSU (France), Québec, QC G1V 016, Canada
⁴Département des sciences de l’environnement, UQTR
⁵Département de Géographie, Université de Montréal

Abstract

This data set is a compilation of in-situ snow cover measurements acquired during multi-site and multi-date measurement campaigns. It includes snow depth, bulk density and snow water equivalent data for each site and each measurement date. The period covered by the data is 2000-2019. For each site and date, the number of variables measured varies.

Data citation

Royer, A., Domine, F., Langlois, A., Roy, A., Davesne, G. 2021. In-situ snowpack physical properties in northeastern Canada (Québec, Nunavik, Nunavut), v. 1 (2000-2019). Nordicana D87, doi: 10.5885/45705CE-98FC517D461E4C25.

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Key references

Royer A., F. Domine, A. Roy, A. Langlois, N. Marchand & G. Davesne (2021): New northern snowpack classification linked to vegetation cover on a latitudinal mega-transect across northeastern Canada, Écoscience, DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2021.1898775.

Acknowledgements

This data compilation is a contribution to the IASC project ‘Terrestrial Multidisciplinary distributed Observatories for the Study of Arctic Connections’ (T-MOSAiC). Thanks to all the students and research assistants, including Patrick Cliche, Université de Sherbrooke, who helped in the field over more than 20 years of field campaigns with our group, and to Denis Sarrazin, Centre d’études nordiques (CEN), Université Laval. We are grateful to the following people for providing help, advice or datasets: L. A. Vincent, Chris Derksen, Peter Toos and Arvids Silis, Climate Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC); Vincent Vionnet, Environmental Numerical Prediction Research, ECCC; and Ross Brown, ECCC-Ouranos.

Status

Published

Version history

You can request for data from previous versions at nordicana@cen.ulaval.ca.

Version 1 (2000-2019) - Updated April 28, 2021

Measurement sites

	Site	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude (m)

More info	Transect mesures neige entre 47 et 83 °N	56.55	-76.5	5
More info	Site Neige Forêt Montmorency	47.32	-71.15	750
More info	Site Kuujjuarapik	55.22	-77.71	15
More info	Site Umiujaq	56.55	-76.5	40
More info	Site Septiles	50.32	-66.34	100
More info	Site Schefferville	54.9	-66.7	480
More info	Site Kuujjuaq	58.13	-71.9	10
More info	Site Resolute	74.75	-94.97	65
More info	Site Bylot	73.17	-79.92	20
More info	Site Ward Hunt	83.09	-74.16	25
More info	Site Kangirsuk	60	-71.56	150
More info	Site Baie James	53.7	-76.05	190