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Summit
Greenland Environmental Observatory at Summit (GEOSummit)
Location: 72.580 N, 38.48 W, 3238 m asl (10623.4 ft asl)
Governing Institutions: U.S. National Science Foundation
Danish Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland
Primary station contact: John Burkhart ( jfb@nilu.no )
Main web site: http://www.geosummit.org/
Facilities: CH2MHill Polar Services operates GEOSummit's facilities. A future plan for energy efficient and sustainable buildings are located at the following link: Plan for Summit. The plan addresses the fact that many buildings at Summit are considerably past their proposed lifespan and the mounting concerns over polluting the base's pristine environment.
Station Mission/Purpose: To house long-term and seasonal research projects as the northern hemisphere's closest match to Antarctica. The vision for the station is to create a 'Model international research facility for leading-edge multidisciplinary science'.
Site News:
Topography and History: Projects at GEOSummit began in 1989 with the drilling of the GISP II ice cores. The site is a key party of IASOA and the Arctic Observing Network (AON) supported by the Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (CADIS). Open all year hosting long and short term research projects, this station has been established as a primary center for Arctic atmospheric, geological, and environmental studies. An example of a long term project, is the NSF's Long Term Observatory program that operated from 2003 to 2008. Current and projected research can be found on the GEOSummit website.
Informational and data web links are below the Table of Measurements
Table of Measurements
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MEASUREMENT
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TIME PERIOD
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DESCRIPTION/INSTRUCTIONS
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PIs/ORGANIZATION
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Meteorology - surface
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B. Vasel (NOAA); K. Steffen (Univ. of Colorado)
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Meteorology - upper air
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B. Vasel (NOAA)
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Ozone - surface
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S. Oltman (NOAA); B. Johnson (NOAA)
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Ozone - upper air
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B. Johnson (NOAA)
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Greenhouse gases
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S. Montzka; J. Butler; E. Dlugokencky; T. Conway;
J. White, B. Vaughn; J. Elkins (all from NOAA)
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Radio Nuclides
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J. Dibb (Univ. of New Hampshire)
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Aerosol
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T. Cahill (UC Davis); R. Bales (UC Merced); J. Burkhart (UC Merced/NILU)
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Reactive Gases
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D. Helmig (INSTAAR); P. Novelli (NOAA);
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Precipitation Chemistry
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R. Bales/J. Burkhart (UC Merced)
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Bore Hole Strain Rates
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Hawley/Waddington (Univ. of Washington)
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Accumulation
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R. Bales/McConnell/J. Burkhart (UC Merced)
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Ice core drilling
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Surface snow chemistry
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Snowpit chemistry and stratigraphy
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Other relevant web sites:
Data archives:
GEOSummit data links
Data from Konrad Steffen's group at University of Colorado
Boundary layer profiles from June 2000
Derived cloud parameters from ceilometer data at Summit (2001 - 2002)
NSF Ultraviolet Monitoring Network Version 2 -Summit
ESRL/GMD Ozone Sonde Profiles
Informational links:
Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) - Summit station page
Activities at UC Davis
See the Summit station on YouTube
All information on this page was gathered from the web sites listed above. We welcome your comments - if you have any additions or corrections that apply to this page, please forward them to lisa.darby@noaa.gov.
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