| PI | Institute/Department | |
|---|---|---|
| Harding, David |
National Aeronautical and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
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| Program Manager | Funding Agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdalati, Dr. Waleed |
NASA
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The goal of this project's field effort is to obtain a series of samples from specific ice sheet ‘facies’ in climatological regions of Greenland and to return them securely frozen to NASA's Snow and Ice Research Facility for ground-truth testing of the PI's developing laser instrument. The samples will be studied to ensure full knowledge of their general properties when examined by specific remote sensing techniques. A total of twelve ‘box’ samples and some shallow firn cores will be obtained from 4 major facies regions.
The researcher conducting field work for this NASA project plans to travel to Greenland in June of 2006 to gather a series of snow samples from different snow facies 'across' Greenland. Basing in Kangerlussuaq, the investigator will first travel to the edge of the inland ice sheet via 4WD vehicle to collect bare ice samples. He then plans to travel to Camp Raven and/or Summit Station via flights of opportunity to take several samples. Finally, he plans to use a Twin Otter to conduct sampling and shallow coring. Samples will be stored in a Kangerlussuaq freezer until the completion of the fieldwork. They will then be transported via cold-deck to Scotia, New York, where the PI will arrange for a freezer truck to retrieve them. VPR support will include ANG arrangements, Kangerlussuaq user days, sample storage, guide support, and Twin Otter charter costs. All other arrangements will be paid by the PI from the grant.
| Season | Field Site | #People |
|---|---|---|
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2006
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Greenland - Summit
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1
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