Summit, Greenland

- Observatory
- Temporary Atmospheric Watch Observatory (TAWO)
- Mobile Science Facility (MSF)
- Other Study Areas
Location: 72.58 N 38.48 W | Elevation: 3210 masl |
Observatory Web Site: http://summitcamp.org/
Observatory Operations Contact:
Sam Dorsi | sam@polarfield.com
Observatory Research Contact:
Summit Science Coordination Office | sco@summitcamp.org
Abstract: The Greenland Environmental Observatory at Summit (GEOSummit) is a year-round Arctic sampling station funded by the National Science Foundation. GEOSummit is located at the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet (72ºN, 38ºW) and provides unique opportunities for investigation of atmospheric processes. In 1993, the GISP 2 drilling project completed drilling 3054 m of ice. Beginning the following year and continuing to the present, intensive field campaigns were conducted at the site to characterize the atmosphere-to-firn dynamics in order to enable more comprehensive analysis of the ice core record. A baseline measurement program was established in 2003 to provide year-round measurements of key site-specific variables. Currently, the suite of baseline measurements available to researchers includes station meteorology, accumulation measurements from a 100-stake array and a 12 km transect, weekly surface snow chemistry, monthly snowpit chemistry and stratigraphy, and filter sampled radionuclides. Also available are aerosols measured continuously with an eight-drum impactor sampler. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA-ESRL) instrumentation is onsite to provide continuous ozone, black carbon, carbon cycle gas, and greenhouse gas sampling. Flasks are collected weekly for carbon cycle gases and halocarbon flasks are collected bi-weekly.
Governing Institute
U.S. National Science Foundation
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Summit Science Coordination Office

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Datagrams:
Summit NOAA Broadband Radiation
Summit Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar
Summit Ceilometer
Summit Polar Atm. Emitted Radiance interferometer
Summit MircoWave Radiometer
Summit MircoPulse Lidar
Summit Precipitation Occurence Sensor System
Summit Sodar
Summit Radiosonde
Summit Ice particle Imaging Camera
Summit Hotplate
Summit Multi Angle Snowflake Camera
Summit Total Sky Imager
Summit NOAA Broadband Radiation
Summit Millimeter Wavelength Cloud Radar
Summit Ceilometer
Summit Polar Atm. Emitted Radiance interferometer
Summit MircoWave Radiometer
Summit MircoPulse Lidar
Summit Precipitation Occurence Sensor System
Summit Sodar
Summit Radiosonde
Summit Ice particle Imaging Camera
Summit Hotplate
Summit Multi Angle Snowflake Camera
Summit Total Sky Imager