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### Overview This data release includes surface nuclear magnetic resonance (sNMR) data collected as part of the SUN-SPEARS project. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (Award number 2015329) and is concerned with studying soil evolution in high Arctic environments post glacial retreat. Within SUN-SPEARS, data are collected on a chronosequence from very recently deglaciated to older locations which have been exposed for decades to centuries. In this data release, sNMR data from two sites are included: site 1 which was collected approximately 15 meters (m) from the snout of the glacier, and site 2 which was located approximately 1000 m from the snout of the glacier, Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates are included for more precise locations. ### Access Data files can be accessed via: [https://arcticdata.io/data/10.18739/A23X83N25](https://arcticdata.io/data/10.18739/A23X83N25)
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Surface Mass Balance, GPS, Timelapse cameras and Temperature sensors data of the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska (collected Summer 2021)
### Access GPS, photo, and position data can be accessed and downloaded from the directory via: [http://arcticdata.io/data/10.18739/A2MS3K37K](http://arcticdata.io/data/10.18739/A2MS3K37K). ### Overview The following files gather Surface Mass Balance stakes, timelapse camera photos, Hobo TidBits temperature sensors data, Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements, and debris thickness measurements on the surface of Malaspina Glacier, specifically in its lobe. The data was collected in Summer 2021. The glacier is located on the southwestern coast of Alaska, in the Wrangell St-Elias National Park. The study was mostly focused on the lobe of this piedmont glacier. The goal of the study was to measure several glaciological variables to be later compared to satellite-derived datasets, and incorporated into an ice flow model. The research topic was the retreat of Malaspina glacier over the next decades. We identified regions of interests within the glacier's lobe, that could potentially be markers of a starting retreat. The data gathered was used for publications currently in preparation as of October 2025. This study was led under the NSF grant number #1929566.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1929566
- PAR ID:
- 10657041
- Publisher / Repository:
- NSF Arctic Data Center
- Date Published:
- Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
- Glaciers Alaska Surface Mass Balance GPS Timelapse photographs Temperature measurements
- Format(s):
- Medium: X Other: text/xml
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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